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ICID e-Bulletin 25 October 2021 • Tuesday, 2021-October-26
 INVITATION TO JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP OF ICID International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), established in 1950 is the leading scientific, technical and professional international organization, which focuses on irrigation, drainage, and flood management. ICID FORTHCOMING EVENTS 5th African Regional Conference (ARC) and 72nd International Executive Council (IEC) - Theme “SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION FOR IMPROVED RESILIENCE OF AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA” to be held from 23-30 November 2021, Marrakech, Morocco. 73rd IEC Meeting & 24th ICID Congress combined with the Irrigation Australia National Conference & Exhibition to be held in Adelaide, Australia from 3 October to 10 October 2022.  Farming's voice must be heard at COP26 23 October 2021 Soils are the world’s biggest carbon sink containing three times the carbon in living plants and double that in the atmosphere. click here Survey finds cover crop usage strong on prairies 21 October 2021 Cover cropping is a process that involves planting a crop that may not be able to be harvested conventionally but helps outcrops all the same. click here Where can you find the world’s most sustainable coffee? 20 October 2021 Now a lab in Finland says it can grow coffee using cellular agriculture, and other companies in the US are exploring similar concepts. click here  India among 11 'countries of concern': US intel report on climate change 24 October 2021 India is among the 11 countries which have been identified by United States intelligence agencies as ‘countries of concern’ with regard to climate change. click here Climate change: Why Australia refuses to give up coal 23 October 2021 Australia's biggest coal buyers - Japan, South Korea and China - have all pledged net zero targets by mid-century. click here Climate change: Nature readers say their fears are growing 22 October 2021 In Paris in 2015, 196 governments agreed to limit global warming to below 2 °C, and preferably below 1.5 °C, relative to pre-industrial temperatures. click here  COP26: What is the 1.5C temperature target? 24 October 2021 Cop26 will also be focusing on areas such as ending the use of coal, moving to selling only ultra-low emissions cars, ending net deforestation, and curbing the powerful but short-lived greenhouse gas methane. click here Droughts can protect vineyards from deadly disease 23 October 2021 According to researchers, dieback due to vine wood diseases such as esca – a disease caused by parasitic fungi for which there is no curative treatment – are responsible for the loss of five percent of vineyard surface each year. click here Madagascar: Severe drought could spur world’s first climate change famine 21 October 2021 More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could become the first famine caused by climate change, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). click here  How technology is helping cities tackle climate disasters 24 October 2021 Flood prevention systems should combine technology with better emergency planning systems. click here Flood risk is rising. Here's where and what can be done 19 October 2021 The World Economic Forum has created a visualization of flood impacts around the world. click here Africa's glaciers to disappear soon; 118mn may face droughts, floods: Report 19 October 2021 The new report seizes on the shrinking glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda as symbols of the rapid and widespread changes to come. click here  How to build sustainable, healthier, more equitable food systems 20 October 2021 The Food Systems Summit Dialogues that underpinned the recent UN Food System Summit demonstrated this need for both global and national action. click here Food security a growing issue in Nigeria 20 October 2021 A report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) earlier this year ranked Nigeria among the top three countries where acute hunger and food insecurity are set to worsen. click here Crop diversity is needed today for tomorrow's food security and nutrition 20 October 2021 A team of 15 scientists from a wide range of research centers and universities set out 18 months ago to answer these persisting questions. click here  Study shows southeast New Mexico water gets scarcer in coming decades 22 October 2021 Farmers and ranchers in the Pecos River Basin of southeast New Mexico could be in for hotter temperatures and scarcer water in the coming years. click here Managing water and climate risk with renewable energy 22 October 2021 Assessing the potential water and carbon savings from using more renewable energy requires a granular analysis of site-level factors, ideally guided by a company-level strategy. click here Study shows southeast New Mexico water gets scarcer in coming decades UC davis to lead groundwater and irrigated agriculture sustainability 18 October 2021 Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a $10 million grant by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to find ways to sustain irrigated agriculture. click here  Wastewater and faecal sludge reuse – to address India’s water and food security 22 October 2021 Globally, over half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas and it will be over two-thirds by 2050. click here Half of the world is failing to manage its water resources 18 October 2021 Over half the countries across the world aren’t sustainably managing their water resources and are unlikely to be doing so by 2030, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization. click here WMO endorses water declaration, including the water and climate coalition 18 October 2021 The resolutions reflect the top priority given to water by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in the face of growing water stress and water-related hazards, coupled with inadequate and fragmented capacity to meet the challenges. click here   |
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