ICID e-Bulletin 17 February 2014 • Tuesday, 2014-February-18 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
AGRICULTURE
- Agriculture sector in India: Still a long way ahead?
- Sudan: Prosperity through Agriculture
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Zimbabwe: Climate change will hit agriculture hardest
DRAINAGE
- UK: Agricultural engineers call for renewed focus into soil and water drainage
DROUGHTS
- Israel faces unprecedented drought
- Amid epic drought, South Americas largest city is running out of water
- USA: Atmospheric river may lessen California drought
FLOODS
- Floods in Britain threaten farm output and investment
FOOD SECURITY
- In Yemen, helping small farmers improve food security
- UN says poor rains to affect Kenya's food security
- 3.7 million people in South Sudan facing food insecurity: FAO
IRRIGATION
- Afghanistan: Irrigation canal unites two communities
- Irrigation projects in central Peru to benefit 10,000 farmers
- Peru to build Pisacoma irrigation system
LATEST PUBLICATION
- FRENKEN, K. (ed.), 2013, Irrigation in Central Asia in figures: AQUASTAT Survey 2012, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Water policy is no longer a luxury for the United States; Water resources IMPACT Magazine explains why in January issue
- India: A leaky plan -An inefficient Delhi Jal Board will struggle to implement the AAPs water policy
click here ICID e-Bulletin 10 February 2014 • Monday, 2014-February-17 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
AGRICULTURE
- India: Agenda 2014 agriculture
- FAO says agriculture key to eradicating hunger in Africa
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USDA announces establishment of regional agriculture hubs for climate change adaptation
- Climate change: protecting Indonesias forests for the future
DRAINAGE
- Ireland: Land drainage key for grass growth
DROUGHTS
- UN makes appeal for three-year plan for the Sahel
- USA: California drought prompts first-ever 'zero water allocation
FLOODS
- UK: Preventing future floods: the role of land management and the CAP
FOOD SECURITY
- Australia: Governments urged to invest in agricultural research to boost food security
- Pakistan: Food security - Experts for review of agricultural policy
- The Ethiopian approach to food security
- Western Sahara: African leaders examine food security challenges in the continent
IRRIGATION
- Philippines: 40-year irrigation system in Kalinga undergoing total rehabilitation
- Palestinian village strives to protect Roman-era irrigation system
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Amerasinghe, P., et al., 2013, Facilitating outcomes: Multi-stakeholder processes for influencing policy change on urban agriculture in selected West African and South Asian cities, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Research Report 153
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China pledges more efforts to enhance water management
- Columbia: An integrated computer modeling system for water resource management
click here ICID e-Bulletin 3 February 2014 • Monday, 2014-February-03 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
- 22nd
International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju
Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
AGRICULTURE
- Dutch agricultural sector worlds 2nd largest and growing
- FAO to help Pakistan develop agriculture, improve food security
- Japans new agriculture policy brings great opportunities to Vietnam
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change is cause of poverty in Ghana Minister
- Climate change: Food security should be top priority for Pakistan
DRAINAGE
- USA: Agricultural drainage and environmental concerns
DROUGHTS
- USA: California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say
FLOODS
- NASA to increase monitoring of floods, droughts and co2 this year
FOOD SECURITY
- 2014, Africas Year of Agriculture and Food Security
- Canada champions sustainable economic growth in Africa
- NZ and Ethiopia sign food security agreement
- FAO and Brazil for strengthening food security in Angola
IRRIGATION
- Irrigation good for New Zealand - poll
- Solar-powered micro irrigation systems in Uganda
- EU equips 20 farms in Jordan with efficient irrigation
- Sri Lanka: Colombo deploys Sinhala workers from South at irrigation schemes in Batticaloa
LATEST PUBLICATION
- De Weerdt, Joachim, et al., 2014, The Challenge of Measuring Hunger, The World Bank, Pol icy
Research working paper No. WPS 6736
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Ghana Water Company launches World Water Monitoring Challenge (WWMC) test kits
- Sri Lanka opens up water resource data
- EU, Uzbekistan discuss regional issues of water resources management
click here ICID e-Bulletin 27 January 2014 • Wednesday, 2014-January-29 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
- 22nd
International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju
Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
AGRICULTURE
- Agricultural crisis in Pakistan
- AFRICA Accelerating investments for an agricultural revolution
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Cameroon: Climate change impacts cotton: Productivity up by 2050
- Climate change alters land map of India
DRAINAGE
- USA: Agricultural drainage design workshops set for Wahpeton and Crookston
DROUGHTS
- Agriculture responds to California drought emergency declaration
FLOODS
- Indonesia: Floods threaten crops, disrupt Pantura traffic
- USA: 2014 Colorado legislation: Drought, floods, USFS taking of water rights
FOOD SECURITY
- Sudan: Farmers' Union announces support to President food security initiative
- Interview: FAO to boost efforts to improve food security in Somalia: envoy
- Food security, rural environment top China's policy agenda in 2014
- India: Seven states, union territories get National Food Security Act allocations
IRRIGATION
- Netafim to build largest Indias drip-irrigation project
- Costa Rica: Major crop irrigation project planned in Guanacaste
- Oman's modern irrigation project to tide over water scarcity in Mudhaibi begins
- USA: USDA Survey focuses on irrigation
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Aziz Elbehri (ed.), 2013, Rebuilding West Africa's Food Potential: Policies and market incentives
for smallholder-inclusive food value chains, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO)
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Sri Lanka Water Resources Information System launched
click here ICID News update Jan 2014 • Thursday, 2014-January-23 
- Best Performing National Committee Award (2014)
- Best Performing Workbody Award (2014)
- WatSave Awards 2014
- Drainage on Wetland Agricultural Areas
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- 22nd ICID Congress & 65th IEC Meeting 14-20 Sept. 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea
- Online Paper Submission for 22nd ICID Congress
- Visit of New VP to ICID Central Office
- Scholarship for Young Professionals
- Brainstorming Session on Drought Early Warning Systems
- Executive Secretary Dr. S.A. Kulkarni retires
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