ICID News Update August 2014 • Tuesday, 2014-September-02 Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture
- ENCID Celebrating 65th Foundation Day of ICID
- School on Soil and Water
- CONGRATULATIONS!!
- WatSave Awards 2014
- Best Performing National Committee
Award (BPNCA)
- Best Performing Workbody Award
(BPWA)
- World Food Prize 2014
- Water Operators’ Partnerships and Financing for Non-revenue Water Management
- Instant access to documents for 65th IEC meetings
- World Water Monitoring Day
- Together Towards a Secure Arab Water Future
- Reducing Carbon Footprints of 65th IEC meetings
- Take advantage of Irrigation and Drainage Online
- UN-Water Best Practices Award
- News from ICID National Committees
- Direct Membership of ICID
click here ICID e-Bulletin, 1 September 2014 • Tuesday, 2014-September-02 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Global aid to agriculture doubled between 2003 and 2012 click here
- Largest Indian contingent to exhibit at Saudi Agriculture 2014 click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: Climate change could happen slower for the next decade, study says click here
- Climate change a threat to Fiji’s food security click here
DRAINAGE
- Canada: Drainage with a difference; irrigation included click here
DROUGHTS
- Droughts are world's costliest disasters: But Asia can manage calamity better with a new mind set and policy innovation click here
- USA: NASA satellite to help farmers combat drought click here
- Drought hits food supplies in Central America click here
FLOODS
- Cambodia hit hard by floods and drought click here
- Floods and droughts in Sri Lanka – a sustainable solution click here
FOOD SECURITY
- World Food Prize President to speak in Iran click here
- Sierra Leone News: Food security threatened in Kailahun - FAO Report click here
- Qatar could use new technology to boost food production click here
- Agriculture: FPCCI chief raises food security concerns (Pakistan) click here
IRRIGATION
- USA: Picking best irrigation termination date in Arizona cotton click here
- Columbia: Gov. Inslee checks out progress on Roza Irrigation reservoir click here
- Solar agricultural irrigation can be a solution for irrigation unions in 81 provinces of Turkey click here
- Philippines: P9.9B for Metro Manila irrigation projects? click here
- Tasmania irrigation scheme gives farming a boost click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Decade of Water Science: USGS Helps Assess Water Resources in Afghanistan click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Liangzhi You, et al., 2010, What is the irrigation potential for Africa?: A combined biophysical and socioeconomic approach - Investments and strategic challenges in large- and small-scale irrigation in Africa, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). click here
ICID e-Bulletin 25 August 2014 • Tuesday, 2014-August-26 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Russian agriculture struggles to meet self-sufficiency challenge click here
- Canada provides $8 M for organic agriculture research click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- India risks loss of 8.7% of GDP by 2100 on climate change: ADB click here
- Namibia: Climate change hits agricultural production click here
DRAINAGE
- Half the land farmed in Ireland is marginal, but drainage needs 28cL to justify click here
DROUGHTS
- Dry reality of droughts in China click here
- As risk of drought rises, Australian farmers struggle to invest click here
- Droughts in Ancient Sri Lanka click here
FLOODS
- India: Odisha's farmers suffer huge crop loss in floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Kenya's crop of innovators moving the needle on food security click here
IRRIGATION
- Israeli smart drip and micro irrigation platform ready to change global agriculture click here
- FAO official lauds T.N. model of managing irrigation tanks click here
- Japan, Rwanda sign $15m irrigation scheme deal click here
- Water starts to flow in Tasmania's largest irrigation schem click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Sustainable water resources management in the Jordan Valley click here
- India: A river runs through it - The Indian River linking project will be crucial to meeting future water needs click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). 2013. Climate Risk Management for Smallholder Agriculture in Honduras. New York, NY: UNDP BCPR. click here
ICID e-Bulletin 18 August 2014 • Wednesday, 2014-August-20 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Zambia: Promoting agriculture through e-extension service click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Philippines: Bicol region to be pilot area for climate change resistant crops click here
DRAINAGE
- Tender: Agricultural Drainage Trenching Machines for Laying Lateral and Collector Pipes with Supporting/Ancillary Equipment in India click here
DROUGHTS
- Record drought hits Costa Rica, Central America’s crops and cattle click here
- USA: In California, record heat adding to extreme drought click here
- UN: Drought and war in E. Africa put 14 million people at risk click here
FLOODS
- China: Blocked River threatens villagers, floods farmland click here
FOOD SECURITY
- India’s homemade food crisis click here
IRRIGATION
- 'Smart' irrigation techniques slowly catch on in Louisiana (USA) click here
- Tasmanian Midlands Irrigation Scheme brings secure water and farmer optimism click here
- USA: Solar power energizes farmer's center-pivot irrigation system click here
- Korea to hold international irrigation, drainage congress click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Jamaica, Brazil sign agreement on water resources management click here
- Water Resources Bill will tackle Nigeria’s Water Challenges - Official click here
- Water management in Singapore and Sri Lanka click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Rosegrant, Mark W., et al., 2014, Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 11 August 2014 • Thursday, 2014-August-14 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Cyprus: Agriculture can play an important role in economic recovery click here
- World Bank group supports agriculture commercialization in Tajikistan click here
- Hungarian-Bosnian agricultural treaty signed click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate resilient seeds offer hope to Nepal’s farmers click here
- Fiji: Food, glorious food - Climate change adaptation project enhances food security on Palau click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: New Product - Company aims to improve drainage click here
DROUGHTS
- Drought to force Iran to shut down agriculture click here
- El Nino Linked to African droughts and famine click here
FLOODS
- Kosi floods: More than 65,000 evacuated in Bihar (India) click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Prospects for modernization of agriculture in Sudan with an emphasis to food security click here
- Interaction between global warming, air pollution threatens global food security: Study click here
- FAO: South Sudan food insecurity deepens click here
IRRIGATION
- Irrigation water shortage in Kyrgyzstan hits Kazakhstan click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Nigeria approves water resources master plan click here
- Zambia: Invest in Lunga’s water resources click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Preliminary Flood risk assessment in the Sava river basin, International Sava River Basin Commission, Croatia, 2014 click here
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