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The NDMC had several poster presentations at the Global Water for Food conference in May. The conference was organized by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Office of Research. Posters were:

• The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC): Science and Expertise that Serves Agriculture on a National and International Scale, by Nicole Wall.
• Farmer Perceptions of Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture Practices and Drought Risk Reduction in Nebraska, by Tonya Haigh.
• Scenario-based vegetation outlook (S-VegOut): Predicting general vegetation condition using different scenarios over the central U.S., by Tsegaye Tadesse, Brian D. Wardlow, Michael J. Hayes, Mark D. Svoboda, Jun Li, Calvin C. Poulsen, and Karin E. Callahan.
• Water for Food: Gender and Cultural Considerations, by Donna Woudenberg and Patricia Boehner.