**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ACCOUNTS FOR THREE-QUARTERS OF ALL GLOBAL GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION. NEARLY HALF OF THE GLOBAL URBAN POPULATION AND MOST RURAL POPULATIONS RELY ON GROUNDWATER FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLY, OFTEN AFFECTED BY AGRICULTURAL PUMPING AND POLLUTION. MANY OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AQUIFERS ARE OVEREXPLOITED OR POLLUTED, REDUCING AGRICULTURE'S RESILIENCY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, THREATENING GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER. GROUNDWATER ACTIONS ARE COMMONLY LIMITED TO LOCAL ISSUES, LACKING NATIONAL-LEVEL ATTENTION, POLICIES, AND REGULATIONS. A GLOBAL DIALOGUE ACROSS THE INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY GROUNDWATER-FOOD-ENVIRONMENT NEXUS IS LARGELY LACKING. THIS CONFERENCE OFFERS A GLOBAL FORUM FOR FARMERS/FARMER REPRESENTATIVES, TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS, FOOD AND FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY, GROUNDWATER SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, WATER MANAGERS, NGOS, ECONOMISTS, AND POLICY- AND DECISION-/POLICY-MAKERS TO DISCOVER AND DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO MANAGING, SHARING, ASSESSING, AND PROTECTING GROUNDWATER RESOURCES WITHIN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES. THE CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SOLUTIONS THAT ACHIEVE BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF A LIMITED RESOURCE IN AN EFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE MANNER THROUGHOUT AFFECTED REGIONS WITH SHORTAGE, OVERDRAFT, AND/OR COMPROMISED GROUNDWATER QUALITY. OUT OF SHARED UNDERSTANDING, THE CONFERENCE IDENTIFIES COMMON THREATS AND PITFALLS AND THE MOST PROMISING SOLUTIONS. KEY CONFERENCE DRIVERS INCLUDE THE VALUE OF GROUNDWATER IN AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE'S IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY, AND GROUNDWATER'S ROLE IN FOOD SECURITY AND IN CLIMATE RESILIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL/RURAL COMMUNITIES AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, THUS HIGHLIGHTING THE GROUNDWATER-AGRICULTURE NEXUS ACROSS SECTORS. PARTICIPANTS WILL ENJOY A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT ISSUES AT THE NEXUS OF GROUNDWATER AND AGRICULTURE IN A HIGHLY INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTEGRATIVE ENVIRONMENT, BRIDGING THE USUAL GAPS BETWEEN WATER QUALITY AND SUPPLY; BETWEEN GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER; BETWEEN POINT SOURCE AND NONPOINT SOURCE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT; AMONG SCIENCE, POLICY, AND INDUSTRY. OUR FORMAT OF WORKSHOPS, PLENARY SESSIONS, AND TRACKED BREAK-OUT SESSIONS ALLOWS FOR AN INTENSIVE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG PARTICIPATING GROUPS, AND THE WIDE RANGE OF PARTICIPANTS WILL ENCOURAGE PRESENTERS TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO INTERDISCIPLINARY AND NOT EXCLUSIVELY SCIENTIFIC AUDIENCES. IN LIEU OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, WE WILL CREATE AN ABSTRACT VOLUME, VIDEO-TAPED SESSIONS, AND A SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE. THIS UNIQUE INTERDISCIPLINARY PLATFORM WILL HELP TO DEFINE AN EMERGING FIELD THAT IS CRITICAL TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO DRIVE GLOBAL-TO-LOCAL ACTIONS. THE EVENT WILL CONNECT SCIENTISTS WITH DECISION- AND POLICY-MAKERS, AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, REGULATORY AGENCY PERSONNEL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST GROUPS. POLICY-MAKERS AND THOSE THAT INFORM AND WORK WITH THEM CAN BRING CONCRETE, ACTIONABLE INFORMATION, AND IDEAS BACK,TO THEIR HOME REGIONS.