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	<title><![CDATA[ICID e-Bulletin, 22 February 2016]]></title>
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<B><U>FORTHCOMING EVENTS</U></B>
<LI><a href="http://www.worldirrigationforum.net" class=p_link target=_blank>2nd World Irrigation Forum</a></LI>
<LI>13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 4-7 March 2017. <a href="http://www.irncid.org" class=p_link target=_blank>www.irncid.org</a>; E-mail: irncid@gmail.com 
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<LI>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. <a href="http://www.encid.org.eg" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>68th IEC and 23rd ICID 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<BR><B><U>E-mail</U></B>: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx 
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<BR><B><U>AGRICULTURE</U></B>
<LI>Russia, Israel eye cooperation in hi-tech agriculture <a href="http://sk.ru/news/b/articles/archive/2016/02/15/russia-israel-eye-cooperation-in-hitech-agriculture.aspx
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>El Ni&#241;o takes its toll on Papua New Guinea’s agricultural output 
 <a href="http://www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com/news/el-ni%C3%B1o-takes-its-toll-papua-new-guinea%E2%80%99s-agricultural-output 
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>CLIMATE CHANGE</U></B>
<LI>The World’s Food Supply is Made Insecure by Climate Change 
 <a href="https://academicimpact.un.org/content/world%E2%80%99s-food-supply-made-insecure-climate-change
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DRAINAGE</U></B>
<LI>USA: Secretaries of Agriculture, Natural Resources submit report on drainage 
 <a href="http://www.addisonindependent.com/201602secretaries-agriculture-natural-resources-submit-joint-interim-report-drainage 
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DROUGHTS</U></B>
<LI>El Nino blamed for doubling of major droughts in 2015: UN official 
 <a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=320507
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Peru prepares for southern droughts with 100 tons of seeds 
 <a href="http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-prepares-for-southern-droughts-with-100-tons-of-seeds-108826
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Drought may affect 49 million in southern Africa: WFP 
 <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-africa-drought-idUSKCN0VO1DG 
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FLOODS</U></B>
<LI>Argentina declares flood emergency in six key farm provinces 
 <a href="http://newsdaily.com/2016/02/argentina-declares-flood-emergency-in-six-key-grains-provinces/ 
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FOOD SECURITY</U></B>
<LI>Improved agricultural statistics needed in Asia-Pacific for future food security, FAO says 
 <a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Improved-agricultural-statistics-needed-in-Asia-Pa-30279382.html
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Food security crisis will be felt globally by 2050, say experts 
 <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/uae/food-security-crisis-will-be-felt-globally-by-2050-say-experts 
 " class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>IRRIGATION</U></B>
<LI>Africa: Improved irrigation backed to halve food gap 
 <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201602161154.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT</U></B>
<LI>Sudan: Water Resources and JAICA sign agreement on water management 
 <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201602180671.html
" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Iran, Algeria to found joint water company <a href="http://en.mehrnews.com/news/114480/Iran-Algeria-to-found-joint-water-company" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Over half world's population in severe water scarcity, study <a href="http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/over-half-worlds-population-in-severe-water-scarcity-study/63681" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>LATEST PUBLICATION(S)</U></B>
<LI>Imataa Mukenani Akayombokwa, Barbara van Koppen and Mampiti Matete, 2015, Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in Southern Africa - Country Report Zambia, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pretoria, South Africa. 
 <a href="http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Other/Reports/PDF/country_report_zambia.pdf" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
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