23rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 8-14 October 2017 on the theme: Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a new Green Revolution, Mexico City, Mexico, 8-14 October 2017 E-mail: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx
India: PM to release 'Vision 2050' for agriculture in Patna: Radha Mohan Singh
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IDB approves climate-smart agriculture fund
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Science: Rice revolution? New rice could help feed world, fight climate change
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DRAINAGE
USA: Lake Worth Drainage District marks 100 years of water control
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DROUGHTS
Columbia: Drought could impact grocery prices throughout the state following status upgrade
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Drought becomes new normal in Pakistan's Thar Desert
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Drought threatens Laotian rice production
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FLOODS
Peru floods: bringing relief to rural and remote areas
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FOOD SECURITY
Globalization's effect on our food security click here
FAO, EU to boost food security in Tajikistan click here
Project: Food security and sustainable farming approaches in Mongolia
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Namibia: Boosting food security with conservation agriculture click here
IRRIGATION
Thailand: Push for solar drip irrigation to reduce farmers' costs
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Australia: Improving irrigation infrastructure in the Murray-Darling Basin
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Time to overhaul Hong Kongs water supply system, as lead contamination is only part of the problem
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Mott Macdonald wins Rwanda water contract click here
World needs more dynamic water management in next 15 years click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Deininger, Klaus W., Xia, Fang, and Savastano, Sara. 2015. Smallholders land ownership and access in Sub-Saharan Africa: a new landscape? Policy Research working paper No. WPS 7285. World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. click here
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