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	<title><![CDATA[ICID e-Bulletin, 22 August 2016]]></title>
	<link>http://www.rid.go.th/THAICID/_7_news/archive/index.php?number=308</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/aug/18/africa-drought-untapped-groundwater-aquifers-water-stress-ngo-partnership-ethiopia" class=p_link target=_blank><img src="http://www.rid.go.th/thaicid/_7_news/images/ICID-e-Bulletin-22-August-2016-5472.jpg"></a>
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<BR><B><U>AGRICULTURE</U></B>
<LI>Nigeria partners South African firm on $700 million real estate, agriculture deal 
 <a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/208549-nigeria-partners-south-african-firm-700-million-real-estate-agriculture-deal.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>CLIMATE CHANGE</U></B>
<LI>Louisiana flood: Is this what climate change looks like? 
 <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/lousiana-flood-is-this-what-climate-change-looks-like/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DRAINAGE </U></B>
<LI>Australia: New drainage model for GV irrigation 
 <a href="http://www.countrynews.com.au/2016/08/12/2641/drainage-plan-re-invented" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DROUGHTS</U></B>
<LI>UN tells Africa to plan for droughts 
 <a href="https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/08/19/un-tells-africa-plan-droughts/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Africa droughts prompt calls to start pumping untapped groundwater 
 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/aug/18/africa-drought-untapped-groundwater-aquifers-water-stress-ngo-partnership-ethiopia" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Mozambique readies to harvest rainwater after a severe drought 
 <a href="http://www.africanews.com/2016/08/17/mozambique-readies-to-harvest-rainwater-after-a-severe-drought/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FLOODS
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<LI>USA: Tens of thousands in Louisiana seek FEMA aid following devastating floods 
 <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/louisiana-floods-fema/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FOOD SECURITY
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<LI>Yes, Organic farming can create food security on a global scale 
 <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/colin-todhunter/organic-farming_b_11544900.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Ethiopia will need urgent global support in race to prepare for main planting season – UN 
 <a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54681#.V7QshVR97IU" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>IRRIGATION</U></B>
<LI>World Vision irrigation project brings fields to life in Zimbabwe 
<a href="http://wvi.org/zimbabwe/article/world-vision-irrigation-project-brings-fields-life-zimbabwe" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Tanzania: Govt plans irrigation scheme for every district 
 <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201608080915.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
</U></B>
<LI>Eichenauer, Vera; Knack, Stephen. 2016. Poverty and policy selectivity of World Bank trust funds. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7731. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. 
 <a href="http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2016/06/28/090224b08440f895/1_0/Rendered/PDF/Poverty0and0po0ld0Bank0trust0funds0.pdf" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:21:24 +0700</pubDate>
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