ICID E Bulletin 23 January 2017 • Thursday, 2017-January-26 Laos crop yields may drop as irrigation system in need of repairs
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AGRICULTURE
- Rwanda gets Rwf 32.2b in Agriculture click here
- UN agriculture chief calls for stronger water management, improved access for small farmers
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- U.S. Crop Harvests Could Suffer with Climate Change
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DROUGHTS
- Sri Lanka hit by worst drought in decades
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- U.N. warns of famine risk in Somalia amid worsening drought
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FLOODS
- Warnings for avalanche, flood and wildfires in California
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FOOD SECURITY
- Kenyan smallholders embrace crop diversification to boost food security
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- India's worsening food security
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IRRIGATION
- Laos crop yields may drop as irrigation system in need of repairs
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- FAO urges all to use water resources better
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 13th International Drainage Workshop (IDW), Ahwaz City, Iran, 4-7 March 2017, Theme: Drainage and Environmental Sustainability.
- 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.
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- National Agriculture Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, September 2016. click here
ICID News Update (January 2017 issue) • Wednesday, 2017-January-25 
- From Secretary General’s Desk
- Nominations are invited for: Sixth Best Performing National Committee Award , Best Performing Workbody Award and WatSave Awards, 2017
- UN Data Forum opens in South Africa to harness power of data for sustainable development
- New Addition for Knowledge Dissemination through Webinar Services
- Call for Papers - 23rd ICID Congress, 8-14 October 2017, Mexico City, Mexico
- Minutes of the 67th IEC & Workbody Meetings, 8-12 November 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand – Online
- Key Changes in ICID Workbody Membership after 67th IEC meeting
- Collaboration between CNCID and PANCID
- 13th International Drainage Workshop on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, 4-7 March 2017 at Ahwaz, Iran
- 4th Arab Water Week (AWW4) on the theme ‘Managing Water Systems within Fragile Environments in the Arab Region’, 19-23 March 2017 at Kempinski Hotel Ishtar, Jordan
- News from ICID National Committees – Australia, India, Pakistan and USA
- Take Advantage of Irrigation and Drainage Journal Online
- World Soil Day 2016 on the theme ‘Soils and pulses, a symbiosis for life’
- Call for nominations for the Heritage Irrigation Structure (HIS), 2017
- Forthcoming Events
click hereICID News 2016 - Fourth Quarter • Tuesday, 2017-January-17 
The water–food–energy nexus offers an unprecedented opportunity for change in agricultural water management.
Mr. Jeremy Bird delivered a keynote address on this topic at the 2nd World Irrigation Forum, held at Chiang Mai,
Thailand, November 2016. This is an extract of the keynote presentation.
- President's Message
- Five years after the Bonn Nexus Conference – Implications for irrigation and drainage by Mr. Jeremy Bird, Director General, IWMI
- Role of Women in Irrigation and Drainage Sector by Ms. Kathleen Heuvel (Australia)
- Declaration of Ministers’ Meeting organized during 2nd World Irrigation Forum, Chiang Mai, Nov. 2016
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum Statement, Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 2016
- Increasing Crop Productivity Ecofriendly by Improving Sprinkler and Micro Irrigation Design and Management by Prof. Li Jiusheng (China) - Winner of WatSave Technology Award 2016
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ICID E Bulletin 9 January 2017 • Wednesday, 2017-January-11 
AGRICULTURE
- Zimbabwe: Demystifying command agriculture click here
- Agriculture Sector Generates 12% of Iran’s GDP click here
- USDA announces new conservation farmland transfer policy click here
- Making agriculture work for Nigeria click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- 2017: Agriculture begins to tackle its role in climate change click here
DROUGHTS
- India to produce less sugar than expected as drought wilts cane crop click here
- FAO seeks Sh102 billion to feed 40m hungry people click here
FLOODS
- US had more floods in 2016 than any year on record click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Azerbaijan striving to increase food security click here
- Pakistan faces no threat of food insecurity click here
IRRIGATION
- Ethiopia: Construction of Tendaho Irrigation Dam completed click here
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- India: Rs 6,000-crore World Bank-backed scheme proposed to manage groundwater resources click here
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 13th International Drainage Workshop (IDW), Ahwaz City, Iran, 4-7 March 2017, Theme: Drainage and Environmental Sustainability.
- 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.
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- National Agriculture Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, September 2016. click here
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