ICID e-Bulletin 5 August 2013 • Thursday, 2013-August-08 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AWARDS
- Announcementt off tthe Fiirstt Worlld IIrriigattiion and Draiinage Priize,, 2013
AGRICULTURE
- IFAD highlights Africas potential for agriculture
- Saudi Arabia's food and agriculture sectors maintaining annual 18.5% growth
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change report: As Michigan warms, new crops, plant life and disease may take hold
DRAINAGE
- Guyana's farmers improve drainage to avert flood damage
- USA: My Voices - Drainage leads to improved land, water
DROUGHTS
- NZ drought "one of the most extreme on record"
FLOODS
- Nigeria: Floods - How trees protected Lagos - Fashola
FOOD SECURITY
- ADB: Gender equality means food security for Asia-Pacific
- Favorable rains improves food security in East Africa
- Global food security: Clemson researcher sounding alarm about expanding crop production
- Africa: U.S. launches two new food security partnerships with Africa
- GWP report examines water and food security in Asia
IRRIGATION
- Could Sri Lanka get irrigation boost from ancient reservoirs?
- Ghana: Irrigation Development Authority to develop irrigation schemes in the north
- Haiti - Agriculture: Rehabilitation of irrigation channel in Nan Valette
- Pakistan: Irrigation schemes: Work on Raghgan Dam underway in Bajaur
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Nigeria gets additional $350m fund for water resources
- India: Uttarakhand yet to implement water management act
click here ICID e-Bulletin 29 July 2013 • Saturday, 2013-August-03 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- UK agriculture gets £160 m to cultivate world-beating products
- Agriculture is Nigerias hope, says Amosun
CLIMATE CHANGE
- NASA climate change video: This is the U.S. in 2100
- Climate Change affecting Belize
- West Africa: Climate change to hit Volta Basin for energy, farming
DRAINAGE
- India: Drainage department inaction creates havoc for Bheela farmers
DROUGHTS
- New Zealand: Drought worst in nearly 70 years
- Droughts affect 1.15 mln Central Chinese
- USA: Study - Irrigation protected jobs during drought
- Zimbabwe: Let's plan for drought
FLOODS
- Thailand: Farmers to get Bt8m over flood damage
FOOD SECURITY
- China eyes food security options in Venezuela
- Africa Agriculture Science week highlights progress towards food security
- Partnership key to Africas food security CEO of CGIAR
IRRIGATION
- USA: Report cites irrigation value to Nebraska
- Kenya: Tribal conflicts in Kenya complicate pursuit of irrigation projects
- Sri Lanka commissions irrigation project to benefit Eastern Province
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Idaho and New Mexico Universities to work on water resources research
- India to boost spending seven-fold to map water aquifers
click here ICID e-Bulletin 22 July 2013 • Friday, 2013-July-26 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AWARDS
- Announcement of the First World Irrigation and Drainage Prize, 2013
AGRICULTURE
- South Africa: Young farmers say agriculture must be the North West Province landmark
- AfDB improving statistics for food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Pakistan: Dealing with climate change is top priority of govt
- U.S. farmers view climate change as just another weather challenge
- Study: Climate change causing trees to use less water
DRAINAGE
- Understanding the Mechanisms of Supraglacial Lake Drainage
DROUGHTS
- USA: Drought worsens in Central Valley
- Droughts could hit food production in England in 2020s, report warns
FLOODS
- China: Sichuan floods wreaking havoc on crops
- India: Uttarakhand floods - Expert team to visit, suggest flood control measures
FOOD SECURITY
- AfDB improving statistics for food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development
IRRIGATION
- India: Himachal seeks Rs.62 crore for irrigation project
- Kenya: Taps open at K4K Turkana Irrigation Project
- Tasmania: Irrigation carrot for investment
- Peru's irrigation project to contribute US$1.5 billion to GDP
- USA: Colorado farmers try underground drip irrigation
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Kazakhstan appealed to Kyrgyzstan over trans boundary water resources
- Pakistan: Trouble in the water
click here ICID e-Bulletin 15 July 2013 • Wednesday, 2013-July-17 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Haiti - Agriculture: The Greenhouses revolution
- Tanzania: GMOs good for agriculture development, says Don
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Pakistan: Climatic change and food insecurity
DRAINAGE
- USA: Researchers develop drought treatment for crops
DROUGHTS
- More crops per drop: Fighting droughts with modern technology
- Droughts could hit food production in England in 2020s, report warns
- 'Unusually active' El Nino pattern could increase flood, drought frequency
FLOODS
- Five worst floods in India in recent times
- Assam (India): Floods worsen in three districts
FOOD SECURITY
- Food insecurity threatens 1.2 million in Uganda's Northeast
- Global food security index shows promise in developing nations
- Food insecurity a serious problem in Sahel
IRRIGATION
- Irrigation depleting global water stores
- USA: Webcast to focus on smart irrigation practices in cotton
- Irrigation scheme locks horns with Kenyas pastoralists
- Korea: P1.029-B project to irrigate 980 ha of rice lands
- USA: Diverse crops, drip irrigation help urban farmers hedge bets weather extremes
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- USA: Interactive atlas highlights water use issues in California
- Water issues in Armenia
click here ICID e-Bulletin 8 July 2013 • Wednesday, 2013-July-10 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Nigeria: Agriculture - Mid-term report points solution to hunger
- Nepal: Agriculture development strategy: Plan eyes ambitious overall growth
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change, pipelines and Alberta floods
DRAINAGE
- South Dakota ag groups seek changes to drainage laws
DROUGHTS
- WMO reveals unprecedented climate extremes in last decade: droughts, floods, heat waves
- New hope for early warning of El Nino-related droughts
- South Sudan: Dams, droughts, desertification and water wars
FLOODS
- India: Floods havoc Assam, enundates 80 more villages
FOOD SECURITY
- Africas food security improves as Europes declines
- Pakistan: Scientists to reach out farmers to ensure food security
- Liberia: A hungry people within a rich nation - Food security - the way forward
- USA: Planting the seeds of food security
IRRIGATION
- Tasmania: Irrigation plans boost grain future
- New Zealand: Government's new irrigation company launched
- New Mexico: Irrigation water runs out for local farmers
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Samala Venkata Govardhan Das, and Jacob Burke, 2013, Smallholders and sustainable wells: A
Retrospect: Participatory Groundwater Management in Andhra Pradesh (India), FAO, Rome.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMEN
- Elsevier Announces the Launch of the New Journal: Water Resources and Economics
- India: 4,536 large dams without emergency action plan
- Australia extends expertise in water resource management To Asia
- Sustainable Development and Water Resources in Egypt
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