News Update October 2014 • Thursday, 2014-October-30 
Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture
- WatSave Awards 2015 – Call for Nominations
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Role of Irrigation on Poverty Alleviation and Livelihoods
- Gwangju Statement Issued at 22nd ICID Congress, Gwangju, 2014
- Life Membership opportunity for Direct Members
- Working Groups to meet through Video Conferencing
- Stockholm Water Week 2014
- Water, Food and Energy in the 21st Century
- South Asia Regional Consultations –WWF7
- Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in Monsoon Asia
- Reforms in Management of Public Irrigation System
- E-Learning course ‘Water Footprint Assessment: Concept and Application’
- India Water Week (IWW) - 2015
- Hearty welcome to Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Tajikistan
- News from ICID National Committees
- AFEID (France), CNCID (China), IRCID (Ireland) , IRNCID (Iran), MALCID (Malawi), MANCID (Malaysia), NETHCID (The Netherlands)
- THACID (Thailand)
THA 2015 International Conference on “Climate Change and Water & Environmental Management in Monsoon Asia” will be held from 28 to 30 January 2015 at Bangkok, Thailand.
- Forthcoming Events
click hereICID e-Bulletin 27 October 2014 • Tuesday, 2014-October-28 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- USDA Awards $18 million in small business research grants supporting agricultural research and development click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Drought and climate change in the horn of Africa require responsibility and resilience click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Woodbury County nears decision to kill drainage improvement plan click here
DROUGHTS
- USA: Mixed conclusions on cause of 2013 drought click here
FLOODS
- USA: Front Range slopes slid in record numbers during 2013 floods click here
- U.S. floods, droughts and global warming: Another Wardrobe failure click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Azerbaijan starts work on food security click here
- African countries import $25bn worth of food yearly –AfDB President click here
- Venezuela fails to meet food security criteria click here
- Zimbabwe farmers playing key role in achieving food security click here
IRRIGATION
- Rwanda: Irrigation will revitalise Rwanda's agriculture click here
- Kenya: Sh220 million irrigation project for Tharaka click here
- Irrigation expansion to support Algeria’s agricultural output click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Japan supports Malawi’s water management programme click here
- Asian ministers discuss how to tackle freshwater shortage click here
- Nepal, India agree on proper utilisation of water resources click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Chambers, Judith A., et al., 2014, GM agricultural technologies for Africa: A state of affairs, International Food Policy Research Institute/African Development Bank. click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 13 October 2014 • Friday, 2014-October-17 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- The Amish farmers reinventing organic agriculture click here
- USA: Funds to support community supported agriculture farms click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: How scientists linked the California drought to climate change click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Kentucky farmer looks at controlled drainage to improve corn fields, yields click here
DROUGHTS
- Climate change causes long droughts in New Zealand; Economy loses $1.3 billion click here
- USA: Drought plays out differently in various regions of California click here
FLOODS
- USA: Scientists reject climate change link to Colorado floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Without national strategy, local food producers struggle to stem Canada’s growing hunger problem click here
- Sierra Leone News: FAO launches its first rapid assessment on food security click here
- Food security successes earn World Food Prize click here
IRRIGATION
- Nigeria embarks on irrigation to boost rice, sugar cane farming click here
- USA: Effective irrigation: Getting water to crops when they’re thirstiest click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Central Asian States are world’s leading water wasters click here
- Asian Development Bank to develop water resources strategy for Azerbaijan click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Susanne M. Scheierling, et al., 2014, How to assess agricultural water productivity? Looking for water in the agricultural productivity and efficiency literature, World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper 6982 click here
ICID News Update September 2014 • Friday, 2014-October-10 Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture
- 22nd ICID Congress and 65th IEC meeting 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- 9th N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture
- Newly Elected Offi ce Bearers (2014-2017)
- The 22nd ICID Congress
- Scholarship to Young Professionals
- Irrigation Management in Italy
- Main Decisions taken at 65th IEC
click here ICID e-Bulletin, 6 October 2014 • Thursday, 2014-October-09 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2016. click here
- International Conference on Water and Energy Interactions: Strategic challenges to territorial development and their impacts on food and health, 29-30 October, 2014, Lyon, France. click here
AGRICULTURE
- Nicaragua: Sustainable Agriculture click here
- In Central Asia, improving agriculture and natural resource management click here
- Agricultural innovations can help African farmers compete, boost food security, says new report click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- National Science Foundation: Record California Drought Directly Linked To Climate Change click here
DRAINAGE
- Guidelines available for drainage management click here
DROUGHTS
- Jamaica: Agri sector gets $95m more for drought mitigatio click here
FLOODS
- Bangladesh: Floods, forest fires, expanding deserts: the future has arrived click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Tanzania receives support to strengthen policies on climate change and food security click here
- Ethiopia banks on seeds to boost food security click here
- Unlocking transgenic technology is key to securing global food security: IRRI click here
IRRIGATION
- China to accelerate water-saving irrigation development click here
- Rice in Indonesia: Irrigation, Sawah size and seeds need improvement click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- USA: Best water management under limited irrigation click here
- Water shortage deepens in central and northern Chile click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- FAO, 2014, Adapting to climate change through land and water management in Eastern Africa: Results of pilot projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. click here
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