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	<title><![CDATA[ICID e-Bulletin, 21 March 2016]]></title>
	<link>http://www.rid.go.th/THAICID/_7_news/archive/index.php?number=285</link>
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<B><U>FORTHCOMING EVENTS</U></B>
<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>Irrigation Australia International (IAL), International Conference and Exhibition on the theme: Irrigation – For Prosperity and Wellbeing, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Victoria, Australia, 24-26 May 2016. <a href="http://irrigationaustralia.com.au" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 4-7 March 2017. <a href="www.irncid.org" 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>E-mail: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx
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<BR><B><U>CAPACITY BUILDING</U></B>
<LI>Temasek Foundation Water Leadership Programme (TFWLP) - Call for Application, Singapore, 10-22 July 2016. <a href="https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/executive-education/open-enrolment-programmes/tfwlp/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>AGRICULTURE</U></B>
<LI>Indian agriculture has potential to grow at per cent: Dr Ashok Gulati <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/indian-agriculture-has-potential-to-grow-at-5-dr-ashok-gulati/articleshow/51402366.cms" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>The US has a lot to learn from Cuba about sustainable agriculture <a href="http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-15/us-has-lot-learn-cuba-about-sustainable-agriculture" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Developing nations look to Australia as model for agricultural industries 
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-14/developing-countries-look-to-australia-as-model-for-agriculture/7245322" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>CLIMATE CHANGE</U></B>
<LI>Climate change may be redistributing global water resources with the Polar vortex 
<a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/188819/20160315/climate-change-may-be-redistributing-global-water-resources-with-the-polar-vortex.htm" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Africa’s farmers need to act fast to adjust to a rapidly changing climate 
 <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/africas_farmers_must_adapt_quickly_to_rapidly_changing_climate_20160312" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DRAINAGE</U></B>
<LI>USA: North Dakota drainage project worries South Dakota farmers 
<a href="http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/state/3989915-north-dakota-drainage-project-worries-south-dakota-farmers" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DROUGHTS</U></B>
<LI>Drought and rising temperatures 'leaves 36m people across Africa facing hunger' 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/16/drought-high-temperatures-el-nino-36m-people-africa-hunger" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<B><U>FLOODS</U></B>
<LI>United Kingdom: Cumbria floods - The recovery in Glenridding <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-35845166" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FOOD SECURITY</U></B>
<LI>Climate change sabotaging food security in Pakistan 
<a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/punjab/12-Mar-2016/climate-change-sabotaging-food-security-in-pakistan" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>FAO issues new food security warning 
<a href="http://www.undispatch.com/fao-issues-new-food-security-warning/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>IRRIGATION</U></B>
<LI>Maharashtra: Economic Survey stays mum on state's actual irrigated area 
 <a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-economic-survey-stays-mum-on-state-s-actual-irrigated-area-2190653" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT</U></B>
<LI>Rwanda: World Water Day: Govt turns to private sector for increased water access 
<a href="http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2016-03-20/198159/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Vietnamese expert hails China's water discharge in Mekong River cooperative move <a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=323993" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>UNDP donates equipment worth US$3 million to water resources <a href="http://observer.gm/undp-donates-equipment-worth-us3m-to-water-resources/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>LATEST PUBLICATION(S)</U></B>
<LI>Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Deininger, Klaus W.; Harris, Charles Anthony Philip. 2016. Large farm establishment, smallholder productivity, labor market participation, and resilience : evidence from Ethiopia. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7576. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. 
<a href="http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2016/02/23/090224b0841a60c2/1_0/Rendered/PDF/Large0farm0est0idence0from0Ethiopia.pdf" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
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