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	<title><![CDATA[ICID e-Bulletin, 28 March 2016]]></title>
	<link>http://www.rid.go.th/THAICID/_7_news/archive/index.php?number=287</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/el-nino-puts-millions-at-risk-with-intense-typhoons-floods-droughts-food-shortages/ar-BBqLjve" class=p_link target=_blank><img src="http://www.rid.go.th/thaicid/_7_news/images/BBqLtQf.jpg"></a><BR><B>El Nino puts millions at risk with intense typhoons, floods, droughts, food shortages</B><BR><UL>
<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. </LI><a href="http://www.encid.org.eg" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
<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. </LI><a href="http://irrigationaustralia.com.au" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
<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>
<U>E-mail</U>: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx</LI>
<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>Haiti - Agriculture: $8M to improve agricultural productivity 
 <a href="http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16958-haiti-agriculture-$8m-to-improve-agricultural-productivity.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Madagascar gets World Bank support to help spur its agriculture sector 
 <a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/03/22/madagascar-gets-world-bank-support-to-help-spur-its-agriculture-sector" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Future of New Zealand agriculture lies in move away from commodities: study 
 <a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=324279" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI> 
<LI>New FAO video on sustainable intensification of agriculture outlines the importance of improved land and water management. 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk95ZFISjU4&list=PLzp5NgJ2-dK6rvL0neIyknuTmM-3QKwBh&index=3" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>CLIMATE CHANGE</U></B>
<LI>USA: Hydrologist discusses impact of climate change on Utah’s water supply 
 <a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/03/26/hydrologist-discusses-impact-of-climate-change-on-utahs-water-supply/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DRAINAGE</U></B>
<LI>USA: Saturated buffers enhance on-farm conservation efforts 
 <a href="http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/conservation/saturated-buffers-enhance-farm-conservation-efforts" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DROUGHTS</U></B>
<LI>Mekong drought worsens amid doubts over Lao promises 
 <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/mekong-drought-worsens-amid-doubts-over-lao-promises/3247019.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FLOODS</U></B>
<LI>El Nino puts millions at risk with intense typhoons, floods, droughts, food shortages 
 <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/el-nino-puts-millions-at-risk-with-intense-typhoons-floods-droughts-food-shortages/ar-BBqLjve" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FOOD SECURITY</U></B>
<LI>Southern Africa warned of severe food crisis <a href="http://www.enca.com/south-africa/southern-africa-warned-severe-food-crisis" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Gambia continues to face food security challenges - official 
 <a href="http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-continues-to-face-food-security-challenges-official" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>2015-16 El Ni&#241;o has affected food security, Africa worst hit: FAO 
 <a href="http://www.livemint.com/Politics/f2p4WLkDNAhLt2tAF97rFP/201516-El-Nio-has-affected-food-security-Africa-worst-hit.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI> 
<BR><B><U>IRRIGATION</U></B>
<LI>Coca-Cola expands sugarcane irrigation project in China.
<a href="http://www.coca-colacompany.com/water-stewardship-replenish-report/coca-cola-expands-sugarcane-irrigation-project-in-china/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a><BR><img src="http://www.rid.go.th/thaicid/_7_news/images/ICID-e-Bulletin-28-Mar-2016-1.jpg"><BR></LI>
<BR><B><U>WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT</U></B>
<LI>India: Celebrating World Water Day in the shadow of drought 
 <a href="http://www.livemint.com/Politics/X1tpxU4f2QtZGT0duMvlcP/Celebrating-World-Water-Day-in-the-shadow-of-drought.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI> 
<BR><B><U>LATEST PUBLICATION(S)</U></B>
<LI>Asfaw, S., and Maggio, G., 2016, Gender integration into climate-smart agriculture - Tools for data collection and analysis for policy and research, FAO, Rome. <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5299e.pdf" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI> 
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