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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
• 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France. 11-16 October 2015
• 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) on 'Agricultural Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Variability', Cairo, Egypt. 26-28 April 2016
• 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 6-12 November 2016
• 23rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, on the theme: Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a new Green Revolution, Mexico City, Mexico, 8-14 October 2017.
• IAL Courses & Workshops Irrigation Australia offers a number of courses and workshops for irrigation professionals.

AGRICULTURE
• USA: Use of drones and other technology increasing in agriculture click here
• Mauritius: Nation Endorses the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Compact click here

CLIMATE CHANGE
• FACT SHEET: Partnering with Africa on Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation click here

DRAINAGE
• Guyana: Dutch to help improve drainage system amid flooding click here

DROUGHTS
• USDA scientist helps Texas sorghum growers reduce water use click here
• Czech government seeks ways of getting to grips with drought conditions click here

FLOODS
• From earthquakes to landslides and potential floods in Nepal click here

FOOD SECURITY
• India, China to highlight food security issues at WTO meets click here
• Myanmar to eradicate hunger, ensure food security click here
• Smallholder farmers are the new global food frontier click here

IRRIGATION
• North America: 87,000 more acres could receive irrigation water in the Columbia Basin by March 2016 click here
• Drop irrigation technology to develop Kazakh farms click here
• Rwanda: $24 million project to improve irrigation systems click here
• Tasmanian irrigation schemes transforming dry farmland into green cropping region click here

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
• China: Hai River Basin project gives priority to ecosystem’s need for water click here
• Institute wants law to protect Nigeria’s water resources click here

LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
• Iimi, Atsushi, Humphreys, Richard Martin; Melibaeva, Sevara, 2015, Crop choice and infrastructure accessibility in Tanzania : subsistence crops or export crops ?. Policy Research working paper; No. WPS 7306, World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. click here

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