ICID e-Bulletin 16 June 2014 Monday, 2014-June-16 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Minister: Iran planning to mechanize all agriculture sectors click here
- Guyana to benefit from EU-funded Agriculture Policy Programme click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- NEPAD and Norway join hands to fight impact of climate change in agriculture click here
- USA: California water suppliers respond to drought and climate change click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Small drainage basin contributes to low levels at Lake Murray click here
DROUGHTS
- Authorities warn of another prolonged drought in Colombia click here
- Chile irrigators investigate Murray-Darling Basin plan click here
- India: El Nino - Assocham warns of drought, industrial slowdown click here
FLOODS
- $210 million needed now for Bosnia floods: UN click here
FOOD SECURITY
- India: Centre set to extend Food Security Act deadline click here
- Urgent Appeal - FAOs response to the deteriorating food security situation in Somalia click here
- Indonesia boosts food security click here
- FAO scaling up operations in South Sudan click here
IRRIGATION
- Irrigation scheme activity peaks in Tasmania click here
- IRRIs new irrigation technique to ease drought effect on rice click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Azhr Al-Haboby, et al., 2014, Agriculture for development in Iraq, International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI Discussion Paper 1349 click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- USA: Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 signed into law click here
- India: Four ministries join hands to clean up Ganga click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 9 June 2014 Tuesday, 2014-June-10 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014 click here
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea click here
- Training Course: Multilevel Water Governance, The Hague, 30 June 11 July, 2014 click here
- International Conference on Water and Energy Interactions: Strategic challenges to territorial development and their impacts on food and health, 29-30 October, 2014, Lyon, France. click here
AGRICULTURE
- Pakistan: Agriculture growth declines to 2.1 per cent click here
- Philippines invests P81.2M into agriculture projects click here
- India: JKs agriculture land shrinking fast click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Global food security depends on climate change and agricultural productivity click here
DRAINAGE
- UK: London-area farmers take control of their drainage click here
DROUGHTS
- Brazil: Patterns of deforestation may increase Amazon's vulnerability to drought click here
- Australia: Underground dams 'can help drought-proof the Basin' click here
- EU should support local solutions to Sub-Saharan droughts click here
- IDMP releases 10-step process for drought management policy click here
FLOODS
- UK floods could make climate change action more likely, says Lord Deben click here
FOOD SECURITY- Rain delays raising concerns about food security worsening: FAO report click here
- Chinas food security dilemma click here
IRRIGATION-
Uganda needs irrigation projects click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)- China country water resources partnership strategy (2013-2020), The World Bank,
Washington, D.C. click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT-
India: Cleaning up the Ganga among Ministrys top priorities click here
ICID News update May 2014 Thursday, 2014-June-05 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
- 22nd ICID Congress and 65th (IEC) meetings 14-20 Sep 2014 Gwangju Metropolitan Korea.

- Drainage on Wetland Agricultural Areas
- Climate Services Users Forum for the Water Sector in South Asia

- Visit of Ms. Chitkala Zutshi, Member of MWRRA in the ICID Central Office
- Irrigation and Drainage in South America

- Celebrating 65th Foundation Day of ICID
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ICID e-Bulletin, 2 June 2014 Tuesday, 2014-June-03 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- USDA releases 2012 agriculture census stats
25 May 2014 click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Philippines: Climate change-ready rice
29 May 2014 click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Trimble adds automatic drainage pipe sizing to its farm works surface software
22 May 2014 click here
DROUGHTS
- Water and conflict in Syria
28 May 2014 click here
- Worst drought in 150 years hits Spain
25 May 2014 click here
FLOODS
- Serbian agriculture show proves success despite floods
24 May 2014 click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Global food security seen improving in latest food index survey
30 May 2014 click here
- Kenya to boost rice production to ensure food security
23 May 2014 click here
- Africa: China contributes to African green revolution
22 May 2014 click here
IRRIGATION
- Zimbabwe: Irrigation boon for Magunje women
29 May 2014 click here
- Abu Dhabi irrigation techniques help farmers save water
27 May 2014 click here
- Irrigation season to begin in southern New Mexico
22 May 2014 click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Selvaraju, R., 2014, Managing climate risks and adapting to climate change in the agriculture sector in Nepal, FAO, Rome. click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Turkey: Water experts gather in Istanbul
27 May 2014 click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 26 May 2014 Monday, 2014-June-02 Managing water for sustainable agricultur
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014 click here
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea click here
- Irrigation Australia will be organizing its 2014 Irrigation Conference and Exhibition on the theme Water for Life, Future for All from 2nd 6th June 2014, Australia click here
- Training Course: Multilevel Water Governance, The Hague, 30 June 11 July, 2014 click here
- International Conference on Water and Energy Interactions: Strategic challenges to territorial development and their impacts on food and health, 29-30 October, 2014, Lyon, France. click here
AGRICULTURE
- Agriculture: Gathering data and offering choice in Ethiopia
20 May 2014 click here
- ADB agrees Rs 2.87 billion for community managed irrigated agriculture project
16 May 2014 click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: Climate change and California agriculture
19 May 2014 click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Tile drainage growing by the foot in valley
19 May 2014 click here
DROUGHTS
- USA: Severe drought impacts to Central Valley agriculture forecast this year
19 May 2014 click here
- Spain: Droughts affecting 90% of Alicante's crops
16 May 2014 click here
- Five maps of America's massive drought
15 May 2014 click here
FLOODS
- Bosnia and Serbia are hit by the worst floods ever recorded in 120 years
18 May 2014 click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Africas small farmers key to food security IFADs president
21 May 2014 click here
- Report: Syrias food security worsens due to drought and conflict
20 May 2014 click here
- Combining expertise to boost food security in Rwanda
19 May 2014 click here
IRRIGATION
- New Zealand: Infratil considers irrigation investment
19 May 2014 click here
- Philippines: Pantabangan Dam stops irrigation water release for 100,000 hectares of Central Luzon farmlands
18 May 2014 click here
- USA: $340,000 Released For Waimea Irrigation System
16 May 2014 click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Dasgupta, Susmita, et al., 2014, River salinity and climate change: Evidence from coastal Bangladesh, The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper No. WPS 6817 click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- USA: AFBF looks for passage of Water Resources Reform and Development Act
20 May 2014 click here
- The high cost water extracts in China
5 May 2014 click here
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