ICID News update Feb 2014 • Wednesday, 2014-February-26 
- Countdown Begins for Nominations
- Best Performing National Committee Award 2014
- Best Performing Workbody Award 2014
- WatSave Awards 2014
- 22nd ICID Congress & 65th IEC Metting
- 14 - 20 Sept. 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea
- ICID News Update
- Summary Report First World Irrigation Forum
- Young Professional Forum Workshop and Mentorship Seminar, Tokyo, Japan
- Keynote on PIM: Challenges in Indonesia
- Partnerships for improving water and energy access, efficiency and sustainability
- ‘Water for Life’ UN-Water Best Practices Award
- Transboundary Water Cooperation Seminar
- Visitors to ICID Central Office
- Stakeholders’ Consultation Meeting of the WWF7 and WWC, 51st BoG meeting in Korea
click hereICID e-Bulletin 24 February 2014 • Wednesday, 2014-February-26 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju
Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
AGRICULTURE
- USDA provides early look at census of agriculture results
- India: Adopt diversification in agriculture: ICAR
- Agricultural technologies can increase global crop yields by 67pc
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: Severity of California’s drought isn’t about climate change
DRAINAGE
- UK: Put the blame on old drains
DROUGHTS
- USA: Climate expert warns California drought may last decades
FLOODS
- British Floods, California Drought: A Connection?
FOOD SECURITY
- India: National Food Security Act a landmark legislation, says IMF
- Canadian province keen on collaboration in grain storage, food security tech
- Yemen, FAO discuss establishing food security fund
- Mix of farm innovations could take a bite out of world hunger - study
IRRIGATION
- USA: Micro Irrigation System Market worth $4,213.4 Million by 2018
- Australia: $15 million for irrigation efficiency to boost Queensland agriculture
- Solar-powered irrigation systems in Pakistan
- World Bank might consult Bulgaria on irrigation
- USA: Circular irrigation in the Mid-West
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Josef Kienzle, John E. Ashburner, and Brian G. Sims (eds.), Mechanization for Rural Development:
A review of patterns and progress from around the world, Integrated Crop Management Vol. 20-
2013, FAO, Rome
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China’s impending water crisis
- Libya to sign MOU with South Korean on water resource development
- Kenya: Nanok sets 100,000 acres for irrigation
- China to spend $330 billion to fight water pollution -paper
- Russia to help Northern Africa to resolve water resources issue
click here ICID e-Bulletin 17 February 2014 • Tuesday, 2014-February-18 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
AGRICULTURE
- Agriculture sector in India: Still a long way ahead?
- Sudan: Prosperity through Agriculture
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Zimbabwe: Climate change will hit agriculture hardest
DRAINAGE
- UK: Agricultural engineers call for renewed focus into soil and water drainage
DROUGHTS
- Israel faces unprecedented drought
- Amid epic drought, South America’s largest city is running out of water
- USA: Atmospheric river may lessen California drought
FLOODS
- Floods in Britain threaten farm output and investment
FOOD SECURITY
- In Yemen, helping small farmers improve food security
- UN says poor rains to affect Kenya's food security
- 3.7 million people in South Sudan facing food insecurity: FAO
IRRIGATION
- Afghanistan: Irrigation canal unites two communities
- Irrigation projects in central Peru to benefit 10,000 farmers
- Peru to build Pisacoma irrigation system
LATEST PUBLICATION
- FRENKEN, K. (ed.), 2013, Irrigation in Central Asia in figures: AQUASTAT Survey – 2012, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Water policy is no longer a luxury for the United States; Water resources IMPACT Magazine explains why in January issue
- India: A leaky plan -An inefficient Delhi Jal Board will struggle to implement the AAP’s water policy
click here ICID e-Bulletin 10 February 2014 • Monday, 2014-February-17 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
AGRICULTURE
- India: Agenda 2014 agriculture
- FAO says agriculture key to eradicating hunger in Africa
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USDA announces establishment of regional agriculture hubs for climate change adaptation
- Climate change: protecting Indonesia’s forests for the future
DRAINAGE
- Ireland: Land drainage key for grass growth
DROUGHTS
- UN makes appeal for three-year plan for the Sahel
- USA: California drought prompts first-ever 'zero water allocation
FLOODS
- UK: Preventing future floods: the role of land management and the CAP
FOOD SECURITY
- Australia: Governments urged to invest in agricultural research to boost food security
- Pakistan: Food security - Experts for review of agricultural policy
- The Ethiopian approach to food security
- Western Sahara: African leaders examine food security challenges in the continent
IRRIGATION
- Philippines: 40-year irrigation system in Kalinga undergoing total rehabilitation
- Palestinian village strives to protect Roman-era irrigation system
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Amerasinghe, P., et al., 2013, Facilitating outcomes: Multi-stakeholder processes for influencing policy change on urban agriculture in selected West African and South Asian cities, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Research Report 153
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China pledges more efforts to enhance water management
- Columbia: An integrated computer modeling system for water resource management
click here ICID e-Bulletin 3 February 2014 • Monday, 2014-February-03 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
- 22nd
International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju
Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
AGRICULTURE
- Dutch agricultural sector world’s 2nd largest and growing
- FAO to help Pakistan develop agriculture, improve food security
- Japan’s new agriculture policy brings great opportunities to Vietnam
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change is cause of poverty in Ghana – Minister
- Climate change: Food security should be top priority for Pakistan
DRAINAGE
- USA: Agricultural drainage and environmental concerns
DROUGHTS
- USA: California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say
FLOODS
- NASA to increase monitoring of floods, droughts and co2 this year
FOOD SECURITY
- 2014, Africa’s Year of Agriculture and Food Security
- Canada champions sustainable economic growth in Africa
- NZ and Ethiopia sign food security agreement
- FAO and Brazil for strengthening food security in Angola
IRRIGATION
- Irrigation good for New Zealand - poll
- Solar-powered micro irrigation systems in Uganda
- EU equips 20 farms in Jordan with efficient irrigation
- Sri Lanka: Colombo deploys Sinhala workers from South at irrigation schemes in Batticaloa
LATEST PUBLICATION
- De Weerdt, Joachim, et al., 2014, The Challenge of Measuring Hunger, The World Bank, Pol icy
Research working paper No. WPS 6736
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Ghana Water Company launches World Water Monitoring Challenge (WWMC) test kits
- Sri Lanka opens up water resource data
- EU, Uzbekistan discuss regional issues of water resources management
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