ICID e-Bulletin, 3 August 2015 • Tuesday, 2015-August-04 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France. 11-16 October 2015
- 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
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
6-12 November 2016
- 23rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, on the theme: Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a new Green Revolution, Mexico City, Mexico, 8-14 October 2017.
- IAL Courses & Workshops Irrigation Australia offers a number of courses and workshops for irrigation professionals.
AGRICULTURE
- USA: Use of drones and other technology increasing in agriculture
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- Mauritius: Nation Endorses the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Compact
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- FACT SHEET: Partnering with Africa on Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation
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DRAINAGE
- Guyana: Dutch to help improve drainage system amid flooding
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DROUGHTS
- USDA scientist helps Texas sorghum growers reduce water use
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- Czech government seeks ways of getting to grips with drought conditions
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FLOODS
- From earthquakes to landslides and potential floods in Nepal
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FOOD SECURITY
- India, China to highlight food security issues at WTO meets
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- Myanmar to eradicate hunger, ensure food security
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- Smallholder farmers are the new global food frontier
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IRRIGATION
- North America: 87,000 more acres could receive irrigation water in the Columbia Basin by March 2016
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- Drop irrigation technology to develop Kazakh farms
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- Rwanda: $24 million project to improve irrigation systems
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- Tasmanian irrigation schemes transforming dry farmland into green cropping region
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China: Hai River Basin project gives priority to ecosystem’s need for water
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- Institute wants law to protect Nigeria’s water resources click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Iimi, Atsushi, Humphreys, Richard Martin; Melibaeva, Sevara, 2015, Crop choice and infrastructure accessibility in Tanzania : subsistence crops or export crops ?. Policy Research working paper; No. WPS 7306, World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. click here
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