ICID e-Bulletin, 22 August 2016 Tuesday, 2016-August-23
AGRICULTURE
- Nigeria partners South African firm on $700 million real estate, agriculture deal
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Louisiana flood: Is this what climate change looks like?
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DRAINAGE
- Australia: New drainage model for GV irrigation
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DROUGHTS
- UN tells Africa to plan for droughts
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- Africa droughts prompt calls to start pumping untapped groundwater
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- Mozambique readies to harvest rainwater after a severe drought
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FLOODS
- USA: Tens of thousands in Louisiana seek FEMA aid following devastating floods
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FOOD SECURITY
- Yes, Organic farming can create food security on a global scale
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- Ethiopia will need urgent global support in race to prepare for main planting season UN
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IRRIGATION
- World Vision irrigation project brings fields to life in Zimbabwe
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- Tanzania: Govt plans irrigation scheme for every district
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Eichenauer, Vera; Knack, Stephen. 2016. Poverty and policy selectivity of World Bank trust funds. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7731. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.
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ICID e-Bulletin, 15 August 2016 Wednesday, 2016-August-17
AGRICULTURE
- IFAD commits $25M to agriculture
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- Smart farming: The future of agriculture in the connected world
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- Agriculture holds key to Africas economy
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Cuba and Panama sign climate change agreement
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DROUGHTS
- Zimbabwe: Curbing hunger through mobile technology
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- Madagascar: Climate-smart agriculture for drought-stricken country
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FLOODS
- India: Assam flood situation improves
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FOOD SECURITY
- Germany contributes 1m euro to WFP for food security in Pakistan
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- FAO, WFP hail global food security act
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- FAO seeks urgent funding to ensure Nigerian food security
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- FAO boosts Gambias food security efforts
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- UNICEF warns of catastrophic food insecurity in South Sudan
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IRRIGATION
- Tanzania: Govt plans irrigation scheme for every district
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Australia helping Pakistan in water resource management
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- India: Telangana signs MoU with ISRO for water resources info system click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Drechsler, Mareile Beate Stephanie; Soer, Wolter. 2016.Early warning, early action : the use of predictive tools in drought response through Ethiopia's productive safety net programme. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7716. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. click here
1st Announcement and Call for Papers THA 2017 Monday, 2016-August-15
THA 2017 Water Management and Climate Change
towards Asia's Water-Energy-Food Nexus
AIMS AND SCOPE
The objective is to provide a platform for researchers, scientists, practitioners, and policy makers to share
and present new advances, research findings, perspectives, and experiences in Disaster Irrigation and
Water Management towards Nexus (WEF). Special attentions will be given to developing certain skills or
competence, or general upgrading of performance ability for climate change adaptation, participatory water
management disaster and environmental management, and sustainable development in irrigation and
drainage in the monsoon Asia. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers,
scientists, and officials in the domain of interest from around the world.
TOPICS
A. Climate Change and Uncertainty in Hydrology and Meteorology
B. Participatory Management for Water and Irrigation Project
C. Emerging Technologies in Water Management and
Environment towards Nexus (WEF)
D. Disaster Management/ Groundwater Management
IMPORTANT DATE
Deadline for abstract submission:30 August 2016
Notification of abstract acceptance:31 September 2016
Deadline for full -paper submission:31 October 2016
CONTACT
Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong, email: Sucharit.K@chula.ac.th
Dr. Supattra Visessri,email: supattrav@hotmail.com
Faculty of Engineering,Chulalongkorn University Tel: (+66) 2 218 6426
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ICID e-Bulletin, 8 August 2016 Tuesday, 2016-August-09
AGRICULTURE
- Africa: Agriculture emissions to surpass fossil fuels - FAO click here
- Preparing to face the future of agriculture in the United States
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- United Nations finds that greenhouse gases are increasing from agriculture
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- Indian State plans to increase solar power use in agriculture
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Cuba: Climate change resistant plant varieties created
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DROUGHTS
- Sowing the seeds of resilience in Southern Africa's epic drought
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FLOODS
- India floods kill more than 150 people
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FOOD SECURITY
- Pakistan: Traditional farming could create food security crisis: Scientists
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- NASAs new mission: improving food security in West Africa
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- Oman ranks second in GCC for food security
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IRRIGATION
- India: Farmers told to adopt drip irrigation to curb water scarcity
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- Zimbabwe: Irrigation schemes will boost production - MPs
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Water rights and trading in Australia click here
- Africa: World awaits major crisis unless governments make interventions click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Shilpi, Forhad J.; Emran, Shahe. 2016. Agricultural productivity and non-farm employment: evidence from Bangladesh. Policy Research working paper No. WPS 7685. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
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ICID e-Bulletin, 1 August 2016 Wednesday, 2016-August-03 
AGRICULTURE
- USAID pledges $100m for Afghan agriculture
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change worsens conflict, say scientists in new study
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DROUGHTS
- SADC urged to unite against drought
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- El Niño droughts in southern Africa will be more frequent and severe: Oxfam
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FLOODS
- Chinas devastating floods: From adaptation to mitigation
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- Over one million people hit as floods worsen in India's tea region of Assam
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FOOD SECURITY
- UN warns worsening food security situation in Somalia
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- Kyrgyzstan and WFP launch skills training for food security
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- UN food agency leaders hail U.S. law aimed at boosting global food security, resilience, and nutrition
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- New high-yielding rice a boom for China's future food security
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IRRIGATION
- Pakistan: Improving irrigation will solve food security challenges
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- How irrigation in Asia affects rainfall in Africa
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Underground water could transform Africas agricultural production
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Tschakert, Petra. 2016. The role of inequality in climate-poverty debates. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7677. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.
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