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	<title><![CDATA[ICID E Bulletin 9 April 2018]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[<B>Indonesia hungers for better food policy to overturn chronic food insecurity</B>
<BR><a href="http://www.afr.com/news/world/asia/indonesia-hungers-for-better-food-policy-to-overturn-chronic-food-insecurity-20180405-h0ydib" class=p_link target=_blank><img src="http://www.rid.go.th/thaicid/_7_news/images/1522906253261.jpg"></a>
<BR><I>A farmer harvests rice in Sumedang Regency, West Java. The government's strategies of increasing supply through greater production and higher-value crops have been ineffective.
Dimas Ardian</I>
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<B><U>AGRICULTURE </U></B>
<LI>India's agritech startups are employing data mining and AI to improve crop yield, make farming profitable 
 <a href="https://www.firstpost.com/tech/india/indias-agritech-startups-are-employing-data-mining-and-ai-to-improve-crop-yield-make-farming-profitable-4405901.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Food prices grow for second month in global index 
 <a href="http://www.business-review.eu/business/agriculture/food-prices-grow-for-second-month-in-global-index-164416" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>UK sugar beet yields hit record levels 
 <a href="http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/uk-sugar-beet-yields-hit-record-levels.htm" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>CLIMATE CHANGE 
</U></B>
<LI>BHP formally leaves World Coal Association over climate change stance 
 <a href="http://www.afr.com/business/mining/coal/bhp-formally-leaves-world-coal-association-over-climate-change-stance-20180405-h0yd0j" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>2&#176;C cap on global warming won't save Arctic sea ice: studies 
 <a href="https://www.geo.tv/latest/189265-2c-cap-on-global-warming-wont-save-arctic-sea-ice-studies" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>DROUGHTS </U></B>
<LI>Cape Town introduces 'world's first water police' after drought 
 <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/cape-town-introduces-worlds-first-water-police-after-drought-11313588" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>California almonds are back after four years of brutal drought 
 <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-thirst-for-almonds/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Argentine farmers slammed by worst drought in years 
 <a href="https://nypost.com/2018/04/03/argentine-farmers-slammed-by-worst-drought-in-years/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FLOODS </U></B>
<LI>Heavy rain to enhance flood, mudslide risk in California 
 <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/heavy-rain-to-enhance-flood-mudslide-risk-in-california-through-saturday/70004605" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>FOOD SECURITY 
</U></B>
<LI>Indonesia hungers for better food policy to overturn chronic food insecurity 
 <a href="http://www.afr.com/news/world/asia/indonesia-hungers-for-better-food-policy-to-overturn-chronic-food-insecurity-20180405-h0ydib" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Research on global food security receives a boost in Canada 
 <a href="http://www.foodincanada.com/food-in-canada/research-global-food-security-receives-boost-canada-139358/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>IRRIGATION 
</U></B>
<LI>China to spend $300 million on improved irrigation in southern Xinjiang 
 <a href="https://www.todayonline.com/world/china-spend-300-million-improved-irrigation-southern-xinjiang" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
</U></B>
<LI>Groundwater level falling in almost 50% area of Maharashtra: India 
 <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/groundwater-level-falling-in-almost-50-area-of-maharashtra/articleshow/63404707.cms" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<LI>Saudi Arabia joins UN decade for global water security 
 <a href="http://www.arabnews.com/node/1273131/saudi-arabia" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
<BR><B><U>LATEST PUBLICATION(S) 
</U></B>
<LI>Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned, November 2017 
 <a href="http://www.enc" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a></LI>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:07:50 +0700</pubDate>
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