• From Secretary General's Desk


• ICID Celebrates 70th Anniversary of Foundation Day


• Qu Dongyu elected FAO Director-General


• 3rd World Irrigation and Drainage Prize 2019


• SG Pandya Participates in Panel Discussion of Global Counter Terrorism Council


• Er. Masood Husain Retires fro CWC


• Conference on Water Savings in Irrigation 13-14 November 13-14November 2019 in Montpellier (France)


• ICID Inaugurates Farmers' Training at Water Technology Center


• From Catchment Management to Managing River Basins Vol.10


• Webinar on Building Farm Level Capacity


• Workshop on AgriParks/Workshop on Water History in Greece


• XIII World Aqua Congress 2019


• Events Corner


• 24th ICID Congress and 71st IEC Meeting


• Third World Irrigation Forum (WIF3)

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The THAICID Network Week for Integrated Knowledge Sharing 2019

Main Theme
"Water, Energy and Food Security NEXUS toward Innovated Irrigation and Drainage in Thailand"

มิติความสัมพันธ์ น้ำ พลังงาน อาหาร สรรสร้างนวัตกรรมการชลประทานและการระบายน้ำในประเทศไทย

AGRICULTURE



• Food and Agriculture Business Principles Flyer click here
• Global agricultural demand projected to grow 15% over next decade click here
• Organic farming gets all the hype, but it doesn't feed the world click here

CLIMATE CHANGE



• UN chief urges action to avert climate change 'catastrophe' click here
• Addressing the uncertainties of climate change click here
• Keeping cool in the face of climate change click here

DROUGHTS



• Butterfly Effect: South American Drought Linked to Climate Event in Indian Ocean click here
• Measures taken as over 60 percent of Czech Republic hit by extreme drought click here
• Mapping of Global crop production losses due to droughts click here

FLOODS



• After Brutal Spring Floods, U.S. Farmers Face Big Losses click here
• High tide floods Dhalchar union in Bhola click here
• East China province activates emergency response for floods click here

FOOD SECURITY



• Boosting food security amid biting land scarcity: Lessons for Kenya from Singapore click here
• South Sudan and UNIDO partner to enhance food security click here
• Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide click here

IRRIGATION



• As rains falter, water harvesting quenches Nepal's thirst for irrigation click here
• New Sweden Irrigation District completes $1 million head gate project click here
• Solving Your Most Common Irrigation Problems click here

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT



• Namibia, Angola Discuss Water Use click here
• National average of per capita water availability reducing due to increase in population: Govt click here
• Water Debacle and the Human Being click here

Upcoming Events

1. 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) and 70th International Executive Council Meeting, 1-7 September 2019, Bali, Indonesia click here
2. International conference on Agriculture and Food Sustainability September 02-03, 2019 Rome, Italy click here
3. Water and Society 2019: 5th International Conference on Water and Society, 2 - 4 October click here
4. 3rd Annual Congress on Soil, Plant and Water Sciences, 11-12 November 2019, Madrid, Spain click here
5. 11th Agrovision (National Expo, Conferences & Workshops) 22-25 November, 2019 Reshimbhag Ground, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. click here
6. The International Conference on: Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA), 1-3 December 2019, Cairo, Egypt. click here
7. 5th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID), 16-19 March 2020, Marrakech, Morocco click here
8. Water Pollution 2020: 15th International Conference on Monitoring, Modelling and Management of Water Pollution, 13-15 May 2020, Valencia, Spain. click here

AGRICULTURE



• India Agriculture Sector Report 2019/2023 click here
• Technology goes to the field click here
• New research on sustainable agriculture shows why farmers adopt or dismiss nontoxic farming methods click here
• Time to make smart shift with startups to find new solutions for agriculture click here
• State agriculture dept advises farmers to prepare for delayed monsoon click here

CLIMATE CHANGE



• How Climate Change May Affect the Plants in Your Yard click here
• No more climate change: it's now a crisis click here
• What’s Wrong with the Way We Communicate Climate Change? click here
• To stay ahead of climate change, cities need to act now click here

DROUGHTS



• Staring at drought, Maharashtra weighs artificial rain option click here
• 5 droughts that changed human history click here
• Southeast Alaska experiencing first recorded extreme drought click here
• As drought persists, Australia restricts water use in populous state click here
• Operationalizing an Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Early Warning System in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region click here

FLOODS



• Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Flooding Maps and Update After Deadly Storms Pummel Central States click here
• Three days of bad weather and thunderstorms expected in Hong Kong as floods hit New Territories click here
• Administration Gears up as 30,000 People Remain Affected in Flood-hit Assam click here

FOOD SECURITY



• Drought Leaves 2 Million Food Insecure in Angola click here
• Food Security: NSDC Boss Calls for Adoption of Bio-Technology click here
• UN habitat assembly must address food security concerns click here
• It’s World Hunger Day. Here’s why so many people still suffer from malnutrition click here

IRRIGATION



• Global Automatic Irrigation Equipment Market Analysis, Size, Regional Outlook, Share, Trend, Growth, Analysis and Forecast Report 2025 click here
• Domoguen: Solar-powered irrigation, a game changer for poor upland communities in Abra click here
• Call for ideas to tackle irrigation water loss click here

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT



• Government must prioritise on conserving water click here
• Freshwater ecosystems click here
• Water management in Bangladesh click here
• UN World Water Development Report 2019: global water demand to continue increasing about 1 percent per year until 2050 click here

Upcoming Events
• LuWQ2019 – International Conference on Land Use and Water Quality: Agriculture and the Environment, 3-6 June Aarhus, Denmark
• 12th World Congress on Plant Biotechnology & Agriculture, June 12-13, 2019 Panorama Hotel Prague, Milevská 7, 140 63 Praha 4, Czechia. Theme: Exceeding The Vision Towards a Sustainable Agriculture
• FLOWPATH 2019 - Groundwater flow and resource management. 12-14 June 2019 Milano, Italy
• “Rethinking Water” Water Leaders Summit 2019, June 26 - 27 |Milwaukee, WI USA
• International Conference on Conservation Agriculture & Soil Tillage, June 28-29, 2019 Stockholm | Sweden - Theme: Exploring new methods towards sustainable agriculture.
• 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) and 70th International Executive Council Meeting, 1-7 September 2019, Bali, Indonesia. Theme: Development for water, food and nutrition security in a competitive environment.
• International conference on Agriculture and Food Sustainability, September 02-03, 2019 Rome, Italy. Theme: Together Towards Tomorrow on Food Sustainability.
• 11th Agrovision (National Expo, Conferences & Workshops) 22-25 November, 2019, Reshimbhag Ground, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
• 5th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID), 16-19 March 2020, Marrakech, Morocco. Theme: Sustainable Management of irrigation for improved resilience of agriculture in Africa.
• Roorkee Water Conclave, 26-28 February 2020. Contact: Organising Committee, Roorkee Water Conclave, Department of Water Resources Development & Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttarakhand, India.
• 24th ICID International Congress & 71st IEC Meeting, 22-28 September 2020, Sydney, Australia. Theme: Innovation and Research in Agriculture Water Management to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals.