ICID e-Bulletin 10 June 2013 • Tuesday, 2013-June-11 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization report calls for food systems to improve nutrition
- Chinese minister says Ireland leading the whole world in agricultural science and technology
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Vilsack: Climate change will soon affect agriculture
- Climate change to affect liveability of remote Australia
- Climate change to impact B.C. agriculture: Study
DRAINAGE
- USA: Rainy Creek drainage vegetation health issues meeting set for June 6 in Swan Valley
DROUGHTS
- India: Centre directs Maharashtra to World Bank for drought aid
- Global grain reserves are low; legacy of U.S. drought
- Australias farming future: Western Australia
FLOODS
- USA: Mississippi River to crest above flood stage today
FOOD SECURITY
- UNEP releases report on 'Smallholders, food security and environment'
- China Contributes to African Food Security
- Food security to be at Center of Africa development agenda / UN food agency heads call for
hunger eradication by 2025
- Food security and nutritional status in Egypt
IRRIGATION
- Egypt irrigation minister hints at covert response to Ethiopia dam project
- Pilot irrigation program announced; several area counties included
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Amerasinghe, P., Bhardwaj, R.M., Scott, C., Jella, K., and Marshall, F., 2013. Urban wastewater and
agricultural reuse challenges in India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management
Institute (IWMI). 36p. (IWMI Research Report 147).
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Ethiopia: New technologies for monitoring water resources
- Australia-China joint Water Research Center launched in Beijing
click here ICID e-Bulletin 3 June 2013 • Tuesday, 2013-June-04 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Kenya: Ministry aims to transform agricultural production and boost food security
- USDA says unapproved genetically engineered wheat discovered in Oregon field
- Africa: Continent roots for agriculture in global climate change talks
- Peru, Israel commit to agriculture cooperation
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate Change and Least Developed Countries: A Himalayan perspective
- Climate change: is Africa rising to the challenge?
DRAINAGE
- Pakistan: Indus River embankments strong enough to resist floods
DROUGHTS
- Scientists get a better grip on El Nino
- Namibia: Drought hits food production
- Strong rain to relieve drought in parts of China
FLOODS
- Nigeria: Impending floods - any lessons from last year?
FOOD SECURITY
- Increasing 'crop per drop' could boost food security and water sustainability
- AfDB boosts food and agriculture sector development project in the Gambia
- FAO praises Cuban food security achievements
- FAO expands support for national food security information systems for decision makers
IRRIGATION
- World Bank supports irrigation systems enhancement in Armenia
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Talip Kilic, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, and Markus Goldstein, 2013, Caught in a productivity trap: A distributional perspective on gender differences in Malawian agriculture, The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper 6381
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- USA: Study ties water value among irrigators to forest restoration
- India and Iraq hold talks on cooperation in water management
click here ICID e-Bulletin 27 May 2013 • Tuesday, 2013-May-28 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
Agriculture
- For agriculture tips, Haryana farmers set to head to Israel
- Ghana hosts 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week
- Tanzania: Food - Future of agriculture promising
- China expected to become worlds largest importer of rice
Climate change
- UNECE, UNDP stakeholder workshop focuses on climate change adaptation in the Neman River Basin
- USA: Climate change related to reduced plant size in Nevadas Great Basin
Drainage
- Flooding and drainage under study in Queen Creek area
Droughts
- EarthTalk: Droughts and the United States
Floods
- Nigeria may experience floods again, Water Resources Minister warns
- India, China renew flood data pact on Brahmaputra
- Namibia: Poor short-rice harvest due to floods
Food security
- WFP report says food security and nutritional status worsening in Egypt
- Govts should strengthen food security through agroforestry: UN FAO meet
Irrigation
- Innovations in sanitation and irrigation technologies win Stockholm Water Prize and Stockholm Industry Water Award
- Engineering consultancy: NESPAK lands irrigation project in Iraq
- USA: Drip irrigation system requires upkeep for optimal operation
- Spirul ina lakes endangered by irrigation projects in central Myanmar
- India: SBI, Jain Irrigation tie up for micro-irrigation systems
- USA: Technology advances irrigation and drought management
Water resources management
- India: Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab urged to redraw water action plans
click here ICID e-Bulletin 20 May 2013 • Tuesday, 2013-May-21 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
- Irrigation Australias Regional Conference, 28-30 May 2013, Griffith, NSW, Australia
- Turkey signs agricultural coop agreement with Spain
- Serbia welcomes Chinese investment in agriculture
- IITA Science Building to boost agricultural research in sub-Saharan Africa
- Southern African agriculture forum opens in Dar today
- China, Argentina sign agriculture deal during VP visit
- AfDB supports climate change resilience in three countries with $17.8m
- USA: County board discusses drainage with farmer
- USA: Legislation authorizes study of entire Mississippi river basin
- India: Floods grip more areas in Golaghat district
- How sequestration could affect US flood-warning system
- Zimbabwe: President to Launch Food Security Plan
- Canada works to improve business environment for African agriculture
- Tanzania: State invests Sh4 billion in irrigation for Rukwa
- Canterbury NZ's irrigation capital
- Peru adopted irrigation systems with ease
- Singapores growth story holds lessons for water-scarce China
- Prelude to a water and economic crisis?
- India: New policy makes access to water-related data easier
- India: Centre urges state governments to improve water use efficiency
click here ICID e-Bulletin 13 May 2013 • Saturday, 2013-May-18 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
- World Irrigation and Drainage Prize: LAST DAY for Nominations: 15th
May 2013
- Agriculture and Africa's future
- Haiti - Agriculture: Strengthening of the Haitian agricultural market information system
- Mozambique: World Bank loans for agriculture
- Food production faltering in sub-Saharan Africa
- Thai government increases 2013 sugarcane forecast, drought hits rice
- Climate change will increase extreme rainfall; drought, NASA says (VIDEO)
- Ireland: Using shallow drainage systems can assist with soil infiltration problems
- Australia: AgForce demands more drought policy reform details
- USA: Mississippi River floods north Louisiana farmland
- Ghanas food security assured Veep says
- FAO-UNIDO integrated food security project in Kassala
- LatAm, China to further food security cooperation
- India: Now, Goa looks up to Gujarat to improve its irrigation network
- Kenya: Tana delta leaders want irrigation project stopped
- India: Govt to declare 2013 as Water Conservation Year
- Govt confident Asia-Pacific Water Summit can help Thailand better manage water resources
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