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	<title><![CDATA[ICID e-Bulletin, 9 May 2016]]></title>
	<link>http://www.rid.go.th/THAICID/_7_news/archive/index.php?number=292</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/food-security-fears-rise-as-asias-top-rice-producers-suffer-from-drought/articleshow/52084526.cms" class=p_link target=_blank><img src="http://www.rid.go.th/thaicid/_7_news/images/ICID-e-Bulletin-9-May-2016.jpg"></a><BR><I>(World rice production is expected to decline for the first time this year since 2010, as failing rains linked to an El Nino weather pattern cut crop yields in Asias rice bowl.)</I>
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<B><U>AGRICULTURE</U></B>
<LI>Economic challenges of U.S. agriculture <a href="http://www.reporternews.com/business/agriculture/economic-challenges-of-us-agriculture-31c872a0-3183-248d-e053-0100007f51fe-377730221.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>CLIMATE CHANGE</U></B>
<LI>World Bank: The way climate change is really going to hurt us is through water <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/05/03/world-bank-the-way-climate-change-is-really-going-to-hurt-us-is-through-water/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>World is experiencing a ‘dangerous level of climate change’ <a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/science/2016/04/30/world-is-experiencing-a-dangerous-level-of-climate-change" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DRAINAGE</U></B>
<LI>Invercargill storm water drainage systems below New Zealand standards <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/79528785/invercargill-stormwater-drainage-systems-below-new-zealand-standards" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DROUGHTS</U></B>
<LI>East Africa bloc mulls strategies to improve drought management <a href="http://www.coastweek.com/3918-special-report-06.htm" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Droughts threaten to cut Asia's rice output <a href="http://www.trtworld.com/asia/droughts-threaten-to-cut-asias-rice-output-98086" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Botswana: Recurring droughts affect farming <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201604280047.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>UN agency: El Nino droughts may get even worse <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-agency-el-nino-droughts-may-get-even-worse/2016/04/26/c06aa38e-0bd2-11e6-bc53-db634ca94a2a_story.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FLOODS</U></B>
<LI>India: Nearly one lakh people affected by floods in Assam <a href="http://thewire.in/2016/04/28/nealry-one-lakh-people-affect-by-floods-in-assam-32198/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>UN says North Korea food security worsening <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/un-says-north-korea-food-security-worsening/2016/04/27/5bfeaa34-0ca0-11e6-bc53-db634ca94a2a_story.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FOOD SECURITY</U></B>
<LI>Food security fears rise as Asia’s top rice producers suffer from drought <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/food-security-fears-rise-as-asias-top-rice-producers-suffer-from-drought/articleshow/52084526.cms" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>IRRIGATION</U></B>
<LI>FAO provides drip irrigation kits to RUBADA <a href="http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/49319-fao-provides-drip-irrigation-kits-to-rubada" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT</U></B>
<LI>Ethiopia: Institute looks for skilled human power to tap water resource <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201604261263.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>LATEST PUBLICATION(S)</U></B>
<LI>Sylvester, G., 2016, Use of mobile phones by the rural poor - Gender perspectives from selected Asian countries, FAO, IDRC and LIRNEasia, Bangkok. <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5477e.pdf" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 11:10:48 +0700</pubDate>
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