ICID e-Bulletin 28-October 2013 • Tuesday, 2013-October-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
- Agriculture is commercializing rapidly in Asia
- World Agriculture Congress in Hyderabad from November 4
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Pakistan: Climate change: hectic efforts needed to ensure food security
DRAINAGE
- Agricultural Drainage - YouTube
DROUGHTS
- Australia to see worse drought thanks to intensifying El Niño
- Southern African droughts hurt region's GDP growth
FLOODS
- Pakistan: Rains, floods: Cotton crop worth Rs 1.84 billion damaged in Punjab
FOOD SECURITY
- UN promotes global right to food movement
- Ghana: Gender planning is key to food security - Chief
- Canada working with Guatemala to improve food security and reduce chronic malnutrition
IRRIGATION
- Malawi: Government to rehabilitate Mchenga Irrigation Scheme
- Small-scale farm irrigation holds big promise for Africa
- Oman: Water management for irrigation
LATEST PUBLICATION
- McCartney, Matthew; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; Xenarios, Stefanos; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2013.
Agricultural water storage in an era of climate change: assessing need and effectiveness in
Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 37p. (IWMI Research
Report 152)
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Africa faces water crisis despite discovery of huge aquifers
click here ICID e-Bulletin 7 October 2013 • Tuesday, 2013-October-08 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENT
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju
Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea.
AGRICULTURE
- Grain summit sees Africa as an emerging leader for investment
- Climate change affecting Indian agriculture
- Vietnam's agriculture under threat from climate change
- Malaysia ties in with India on agriculture
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change affecting Indian agriculture
DRAINAGE
- Research for hydro project continues in Susitna drainage
DROUGHTS
- New Mexico: Drought spurs native farmers to use non-traditional irrigation methods
FLOODS
- Severe floods hit Western Africa causing fears of severe food shortage
- Storm, flooding wreak havoc in Southeast Asia
- Flood management vital for sustainable water - IBM "Smarter Water"
FOOD SECURITY
- Tanzania to adopt irrigation law to improve food security
- Food security warning in Kenya as maize production drops 45 pc
- India to seek support for food security proposal at WTO
IRRIGATION
- ADB to fund irrigation system modernization in Uzbekistan
LATEST PUBLICATION
- FAO and WHO, 2013, State of the art on the initiatives and activities relevant to risk assessment
and risk management of nanotechnologies in the food and agriculture sectors - FAO/WHO
technical paper
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Polluted rivers, deforestation threaten Dominican water sources
click here ICID e-Bulletin 30 September 2013 • Wednesday, 2013-October-02 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
Highlights of First World Irrigation Forum, 29 September - 5 October 2013, Mardin, Turkey
AGRICULTURE
- Organic agriculture cannot feed the world
CLIMATE CHANGE
- With climate change, Brazil faces drop in crops
COMPETITION
- Share your knowledge a Wiki open competition
DRAINAGE
- Burnett: Importance of proper drainage
DROUGHTS
- U.S. Geological Survey on drought The stealth disaster - Part 2: Science for drought planning
- USA: drought wilts Southern Idaho alfalfa crop
- India's small farmers turn hydrologists to battle drought
FLOODS
- USA: After Colorado floods, looming harvest and winter speed efforts to rebuild
FOOD SECURITY
- Italy calls for food security to be U.N. priority
- McGill students win $1-million prize for idea of using insects to battle hunger
- FAO calls for joint efforts to meet the Zero Hunger Challenge
- India's food security act: Myths and reality
- The truth about food security in Canada
IRRIGATION
- Ghana: SADA embacks on irrigation project with partners
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Bhardwaj, R. M.; Scott, C.; Jella, Kiran; Marshall, F. 2013. Urban
wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water
Management Institute (IWMI). 28p. (IWMI Research Report 147)
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Nigeria, France to establish joint committee on water resources
- Post-2015 agenda must include goal on water resources, Tajik Premier tells UN
- How Beijing and NGOs are combating China's growing water crisis
click here ICID e-Bulletin 23 September 2013 • Friday, 2013-September-27 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- How to boost agriculture in Africa
- Saudi agriculture show features 300 exhibitors
- Latvian farmers may face EU sanctions for fertilization in agriculture
- Ten-year FAO programme bridges information gap in agriculture
- Haiti - Agriculture: Ambitious project to strengthen rural entrepreneurship
- Belizes Minister of agriculture expands Network in Guatemala
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change threatens crop yields in Brazil
- Climate change threatens Southern Africas vital crops
DRAINAGE
- USA: Retention of nitrogen fertilizer key element for drainage
DROUGHTS
- Mozambican institute develops number of drought-resistant sweet potato varieties
FLOODS
- Climate linked to El Nino floods, droughts
- USA: Colorado floods could ease drought
- PERRIS: Meeting set on flood channel project
FOOD SECURITY
- Food security raises the obvious: Can we feed 9.6 billion by 2050?
- Pakistan: Technologies developed by PARC must reach farmers: Boson
- Pacific could face food shortage by 2030
- South Africa: Failing to feed our people - South Africa's lackluster food security policy
IRRIGATION
- Australia: Irrigation projects approved
- USA: Study - Recycled wastewater safe for crop irrigation
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Marianela Arguello L., Proceedings Central American and Dominican Republic Forum on Water
and Food Security: The Water - Food Production Nexus, 9 August 2012, San Jose, Costa Rica,
GWP Central America, July 2013
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Four African nations agree to improve use of key water resource under UN-backed plan
- Nepal, India discuss water resources, electricity, flood control
- Cuba, China review cooperation in water resources
click here ICID News update September 2013 • Wednesday, 2013-September-18 
- Updates: 11 days left for First World Irrigation Forum (1st WIF)
- Clouds over World Irrigation Forum have finally diffused for good
- Instant access to documents for 64th IEC meetings
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