ICID News Update December 2014 Tuesday, 2014-December-23 Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture
- Seasons Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy, Prosperous & Fruitful New Year 2015 New Year 2015
From Secretary General's Desk...
- WatSave Awards 2015 Call for Nominations
- ICIDs Africa Region Regains Vigour
Thubelihle A. Thebe and Sylvester Mpandeli

- Third Arab Water Forum, Cairo
- ICID Vision 2030
- Online Meeting of the Working Groups (Video Conferencing)
- Online Courses in Integrated Management of Water, Soil and Waste
- AFED Conference on Food Security

- Development of Cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin to Mitigate Consequences of the Environmental Catastrophe
- Summary of First International Environment Forum for Basin Organizations

- Water Management for Sustainable Development
- News from ICID National Committees
MALCID (Malawi) / MANCID (Malaysia) / IACID (Australia) / BANCID (Bangladesh) / KCID (Korea) / USCID (USA) / THACID (Thailand) : THA 2015 International Conference on Climate Change and Water & Environmental Management in Monsoon Asia will be held during 28-30 January 2015 at Swissotel Le Concorde, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Minutes of the 65th IEC and Workbody Meetings at Gwangju, Korea - Online
- Take advantage of Irrigation and Drainage Online
- Forthcoming Events : ICID Events (66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Other Events)
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ICID e-Bulletin 15 December 2014 Friday, 2014-December-19 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- ICID Supports 10 Persons for UNU-FLORES Course Fee click here
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016. click here
AGRICULTURE
- Credit unions helping grow the success of Canadian agriculture click here
- UK funds Rwanda agriculture with $53 million click here
- USDA dedicates $9.7M to diversify agriculture click here
- Business to support International Year of Soils in 2015 click here
- Zimbabwe's agriculture sector lacks funding click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Adaptation measures key to averting impacts of climate change disasters in Africa click here
DRAINAGE
- Malaysia: Perak MB urges drainage and Irrigation Department to conduct flood study click here

DROUGHTS
- USA: California drought most severe in 1,200 years, study says click here
- Northern Kenyas drought-hit herders pin hopes on desert farming click here
FLOODS
- USA: Sacramento area prepares for floods, blackouts, mudslides click here
FOOD SECURITY
- China reaffirms confidence in food security: Agricultural Authorities click here
- Closing food security gap in Ghana click here
- Egypt launches country-wide food security network with Blumberg Grain click here
IRRIGATION
- Peru to speed up Chavomichic, Majes-Siguas irrigation projects click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Water shortage threatening Azerbaijan click here
- Syr Darya Basin focus of push for transboundary cooperation click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2014, Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the worlds progress on nutrition. click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 24 November 2014 Wednesday, 2014-November-26 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016. click here
AGRICULTURE
- Australia, China deepen ties with landmark free trade deal click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Bangladesh: Farming on water to prevent the effects of climate change click here
- Africa moves ahead to tackle climate change click here
DRAINAGE
- Australia: Major Toowoomba drainage works completed click here
DROUGHTS
- Six districts in southern and central Somalia have been affected by drought click here
- As another El Nino looms, Africa aims to cut hunger threat click here
FLOODS
- Pakistan: Damage assessment - Floods trigger fears of food insecurity click here

FOOD SECURITY
- Nepals food security strengthened by local seeds click here

- India to give more stress on Food Security Mission click here
- African Development Bank to contribute to food security in 11 countries click here
- Assessing the impact of the US-India food security deal click here
IRRIGATION
- India: Farmers in Assam benefit from utilizing drip irrigation method click here
- Peruvian mega-irrigation project seeks new farming investors click here
- USDA reports 55.3 million acres of irrigated U.S. farmland click here
- Czech Archaeologists in Uzbekistan discover Bronze Age irrigation system click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Sudan: Cabinet reviews national plan for development, use of water resources click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Monica Trujillo, et al., 2014, Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in agriculture: An assessment of progress made against the hyogo framework for action, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 17 November 2014 Friday, 2014-November-21 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.click here
AGRICULTURE
- Australia: Agricultural Competitiveness Green Paper click here
- Pakistan: Possible solution - Climate-smart agriculture viable for food security click here

- Realising West Africas true agricultural potential click here
- Japans tech firms rush into agriculture business click here

CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: Climate change and severe drought raise questions about food security click here
DRAINAGE
- Nigeria to borrow $945 million for irrigation, drainage projects click here
DROUGHTS
- Brazil: São Paulos worst drought in decades linked to rainforest depletion: Climatologist click here
- USA: The future of Californias drought click here
FLOODS
- Mozambique prepares for floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- WTO to take up Indias demand for permanent food security solution click here
IRRIGATION
- Global water supply and irrigation systems industry click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- FAO launches water use management project in Sana'a basin click here
- Azerbaijan, Netherlands sign MoU on water resource management click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Von Grebmer, Klaus, et al., 2014 Global Hunger Index, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). click here
ICID e-Bulletin 3 November 2014 Thursday, 2014-November-06
Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2016.
AGRICULTURE
- Mapping U.S. Agriculture click here
- Nicaragua: Sustainable agriculture click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USDA launches website to help landowners manage climate change risk click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: How California is turning drainage canals back to rivers click here
DROUGHTS
- Israel to help California combat worst drought in history following losses of $2.2 billion click here
- USA: NASA tool to identify drought-resilient plants click here
- Drought drives 42 per cent crash in crop production in Sri Lanka click here
FLOODS
- India: Kashmir farmers' harvest battered by floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- ADRA, USAID partnership to implement food security program in Madagascar click here
- Ecuador offers Qatar help in food security click here
IRRIGATION
- Philippine: Cateel Irrigation Dam, a model MRDP project click here
- Indian micro irrigation system market dominated by Jain Irrigation Systems, boosted by US app, Rainmaker click here
- India: Telangana to restore 9,000 irrigation tanks click here
- India: Farmers encouraged to use solar power for irrigation click here
- Sri Lanka government is to allocate 15,000 million rupees for irrigation projects: Budget 2015 click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- FAO planning to address water shortage problem in Iran click here
- New UK-China partnership for water resources research click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Article: Advances in Chinese Agriculture and its Global Implications click here
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