ICID E Bulletin 9 April 2018

• Tuesday, 2018-April-10

Indonesia hungers for better food policy to overturn chronic food insecurity

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

AGRICULTURE

India's agritech startups are employing data mining and AI to improve crop yield, make farming profitable click here
Food prices grow for second month in global index click here
UK sugar beet yields hit record levels click here

CLIMATE CHANGE

BHP formally leaves World Coal Association over climate change stance click here
2°C cap on global warming won't save Arctic sea ice: studies click here

DROUGHTS

Cape Town introduces 'world's first water police' after drought click here
California almonds are back after four years of brutal drought click here
Argentine farmers slammed by worst drought in years click here

FLOODS

Heavy rain to enhance flood, mudslide risk in California click here

FOOD SECURITY

Indonesia hungers for better food policy to overturn chronic food insecurity click here
Research on global food security receives a boost in Canada click here

IRRIGATION

China to spend $300 million on improved irrigation in southern Xinjiang click here

WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Groundwater level falling in almost 50% area of Maharashtra: India click here
Saudi Arabia joins UN decade for global water security click here

LATEST PUBLICATION(S)

Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned, November 2017 click here