ICID e-Bulletin, 28 March 2016  • Wednesday, 2016-March-30  El Nino puts millions at risk with intense typhoons, floods, droughts, food shortages
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) on 'Agricultural Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Variability', Cairo, Egypt, 26-28 April 2016.
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- Irrigation Australia International (IAL), International Conference and Exhibition on the theme: Irrigation For Prosperity and Wellbeing, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Victoria, Australia, 24-26 May 2016.
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- 13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme Drainage and Environmental Sustainability, Ahwaz, Iran, 4-7 March 2017.
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- 68th IEC and 23rd ICID Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 8-14 October 2017, on the theme: Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a new Green Revolution, Mexico City, Mexico, 8-14 October 2017.
E-mail: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx
CAPACITY BUILDING
- Temasek Foundation Water Leadership Programme (TFWLP) - Call for Application, Singapore, 10-22 July 2016. click here
AGRICULTURE
- Haiti - Agriculture: $8M to improve agricultural productivity
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- Madagascar gets World Bank support to help spur its agriculture sector
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- Future of New Zealand agriculture lies in move away from commodities: study
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- New FAO video on sustainable intensification of agriculture outlines the importance of improved land and water management.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: Hydrologist discusses impact of climate change on Utahs water supply
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DRAINAGE
- USA: Saturated buffers enhance on-farm conservation efforts
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DROUGHTS
- Mekong drought worsens amid doubts over Lao promises
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FLOODS
- El Nino puts millions at risk with intense typhoons, floods, droughts, food shortages
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FOOD SECURITY
- Southern Africa warned of severe food crisis click here
- Gambia continues to face food security challenges - official
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- 2015-16 El Niño has affected food security, Africa worst hit: FAO
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IRRIGATION
- Coca-Cola expands sugarcane irrigation project in China.
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- India: Celebrating World Water Day in the shadow of drought
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Asfaw, S., and Maggio, G., 2016, Gender integration into climate-smart agriculture - Tools for data collection and analysis for policy and research, FAO, Rome. click here
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