ICID News Update (November 2015) • Thursday, 2015-November-26 
- WIF2 & 67th IEC, 6-12 Nov. 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Water Management in a Changing World:
Role of Irrigation for Sustainable Food Production
- 4th African Regional Conference, 24-26 April 2016, Aswan, Egypt
- ICID Mission invited to North Korea
- Key Changes in ICID Workbody Membership
- 7th General Assembly of World Water Council
- Reclamation: Effective Techniques and Investments
- Water Policy for Food Security
- New Deputy Director-General of ICARDA
- Stockholm World Water Week 2015
- Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
- Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security
- News from ICID National Committees
- New President of African Development Bank
- Forthcoming Events
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ICID e-Bulletin, 23 November 2015 • Saturday, 2015-November-21
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- WaterNSW River Operations Workshop presented at 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Tasmania, Australia, 7 December 2015. click here
- International Convention on Agricultural Engineering, Las Dunas Hotel, Santa Maria Key, Villa Clara Province, Cuba, 22-25 March 2016.
Contact: Dr. C. Aymara Garcia Lópaz. E-mail: directorainvest@iagric.cu
- 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. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.
- 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
- 2016 Irrigation Australia International Conference and Exhibition gains support from Lord Mayor of Melbourne click here
- IAL Courses & Workshops click here
AGRICULTURE
- Zimbabweans align with climate-smart agriculture amid food deficits click here
- Viet Nam: Agriculture growth drops to five year low click here
- Global agriculture industry faces first shake-up in a decade click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Impact of climate change on global food supply chains starting to be visible – WWF report click here
- Climate change: States must focus on risk management in agriculture (India) click here
- World Bank: Climate change could result in 100 million poor click here
DRAINAGE
- For the study, researchers examined 421 drainage basins in the Northern Hemisphere click here
DROUGHTS
- Study: California drought management lacking (USA)
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- El Nino sending droughts and floods to Africa
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- New Drought Atlas Maps 2,000 years of climate in Europe
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- Climate change may have caused severe drought in East Africa in 2014
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FLOODS
- Climate change and La Niña may bring severe floods to Australia
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- Somalia hit by floods, 90,000 affected - UN
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FOOD SECURITY
- Latin America to push for food security laws as a bloc
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- Guinea-Bissau government grants microcredit to farmers to ensure food security
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- Food security: US, EU rule out permanent solution for public stock holding programmes
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- Can small communities tackle global food security?
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IRRIGATION
- India: Lift Irrigation projects to be completed soon
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- SA faces future of water scarcity
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- Global energy demand has adverse effects on freshwater resources of less developed nations
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- India, China ink pacts on water resources, culture
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Kalra, Nidhi Rajiv, et al., 2015. Robust decision-making in the water sector: A strategy for implementing Lima’s long-term water resources master plan. Policy Research Working Paper No. WPS 7439. World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 9 November 2015 • Wednesday, 2015-November-11 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- WaterNSW River Operations Workshop presented at 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Tasmania, Australia, 7 December 2015 click here
- International Convention on Agricultural Engineering, Las Dunas Hotel, Santa Maria Key, Villa Clara Province, Cuba, 22-25 March 2016.
Contact: Dr. C. Aymara Garcia Lópaz. E-mail: directorainvest@iagric.cu
- 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. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.
- 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
- 2016 Irrigation Australia International Conference and Exhibition gains support from Lord Mayor of Melbourne click here
- IAL Courses & Workshops click here
AGRICULTURE
- Nigeria faces stiff challenge to boost agriculture sector
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- Africa should invest in agriculture click here
- Kenyan governor: We must learn from Israeli agriculture expertise click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change threatens food security, U.N. expert says
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DRAINAGE
- USA: Drainage work saves West Central crop
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DROUGHTS
- El Nino Droughts Take Toll in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific
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- India drought 2015: Climate change is biggest threat to India’s economy, Modi finance aide says
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FLOODS
- USA: California 2100 - More frequent and more severe droughts and floods likely
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FOOD SECURITY
- FAO, WTO join forces to promote food security
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- Africa: SADC urged to solve water, energy and food problems
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- Sudan: FAO - Delayed planting in may lead to 50 percent crop loss
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IRRIGATION
- India: Modernisation of Bennethora irrigation project to begin soon
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Abu Dhabi aims to save underground water resources
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- Chairman Central Water Commission releases book on Inter-Linking of Indian Rivers
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Bellwood-Howard, I., et al., 2015. Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 38p. (IWMI Working Paper 163). click here
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