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University of Nebraska - Global Water for Food Institute

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University of Nebraska - Global Water for Food Institute

NU gets $50M for new institute

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100420/N ... -institute
Leslie Reed WORLD-HERALD LINCOLN BUREAU wrote:The founder of a center pivot manufacturing empire has promised $50 million to start a global Water for Food Institute to be based at the University of Nebraska.

The gift, from the Robert B. Daugherty Charitable Foundation, is one of the largest in NU's history.

Daugherty, 88, a self-described "city kid" from Omaha, invested his life savings - $5,000 - in a small farm implement manufacturing business outside Valley, Nebr., after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. In the early 1950s, looking to diversify the business, he joined forces with Frank Zybach, a farmer-inventor who had developed a prototype of the center pivot.

Valley Manufacturing Co. eventually grew into Valmont Industries, a global leader in mechanized agricultural irrigation systems, as well as in the design of poles, towers and structures for lighting, communications and utilities.
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this seems like a huge get for UNL, and the state in general.  If the projections are correct, i believe i read that in the next 50 years the population of the earth will increase 40%.  That puts the earth at 9 billion people minimum.  You've gotta think that'll put a strain on the water usage.  And presumably, UNL will be at the forefront of that field.
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