ICID e-Bulletin, 25 April 2016 Wednesday, 2016-April-27
AGRICULTURE
- Jamaica looks to Cuba for help in agriculture click here
- Africa must invest in agriculture click here
- Agriculture holds key to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- World's scientists to join forces on major 1.5C climate change report
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DRAINAGE
- USA: Phosphorus losses in surface runoff and tile drainage: Ontario experience
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DROUGHTS
- Droughts in India: A manmade failure click here
- USA: Sacramento water agencies push to end drought conservation orders
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- Somalia drought hits 4.7 million people
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- UN food relief agency to assist one million Haitians hit by three-year drought
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FLOODS
- India crippled by extreme weather as 100 million exposed to floods
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FOOD SECURITY
- Australia supports global food security click here
IRRIGATION
- Zimbabwe: Massive irrigation for Chingwizi villagers
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- Ethiopia: Small-scale, community managed irrigation schemes to ensure food security
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Singapore, Middle East could work to develop water management technology click here
- India: New water management guidelines for states soon click here
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Manila water plan draws US rep's criticism for IFC role click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Rachel Slater, et al., 2016, Strengthening coherence between agriculture and social protection - Synthesis of seven country case studies, FAO, Rome. click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 18 April 2016 Tuesday, 2016-April-26
AGRICULTURE
- Denmark invests Rp 2 trillion in Indonesia's agriculture sector
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- Philippines, Russia strengthen agriculture and food security ties
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- World Bank to shift focus to climate change
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- Climate change: Small islands to face a freshwater scarcity
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DRAINAGE
- USA: California drought and drainage bills could collide on Capitol Hill
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DROUGHTS
- The overpopulation and droughts of Niger
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- China helps alleviate drought click here
FLOODS
- Video: Several killed as heavy floods hit Iran click here
FOOD SECURITY
- UN to boost food security in Kenya click here
- The cost of climate change: Food security for the world’s poor
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- New report puts Rwanda’s food security at 80 per cent
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IRRIGATION
- Maharashtra (India): More than 85 irrigation projects incomplete for past 30 years
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- Tanzania: Bickering Delays Completion of Irrigation Scheme
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China report sounds alarm on groundwater pollution
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- 2016 Global Food Policy Report, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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Call for Short Communications - Explained Wednesday, 2016-April-20
Short communication of maximum of 4 pages (A4 size) are invited focussing on New products, Innovations and Approaches to the Themes and Sub-themes of WIF2.
Deadlines:
- Submission of the short communication(s) 15 May 2016 (Extended)
- Notification of acceptance 15 June 2016
- Notification to author, as regards oral/poster presentation 15 August 2016
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The Secretariat, Thai National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (THAICID), Director of Project Management, Royal Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Coorperatives, 811 Samsen Road, Thanon-NakornchaiSri Dusit Bangkok 10300, Thailand. Tel : +662 243 7783, Fax: +662 243 7783, E-mail:thaicid@hotmail.com, Website: http://www.rid.go.th/Thaicid
ICID e-Bulletin, 4 April 2016 Thursday, 2016-April-07 
AGRICULTURE
- Israeli firms explore tie-ups, investments in PH agriculture click here
- Ethiopia to miss 11% growth target as drought hurts agriculture click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change threatening Philippines’s food security click here
DRAINAGE
- Indigenous knowledge fighting drought in South Africa
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DROUGHTS
- USA: Climate change worsening Colorado River droughts click here
- Namibia: NNFU urges govt to review drought policy click here
FLOODS
- China braces for ‘severe’ flooding on Yangtze River click here
FOOD SECURITY
- FAO to continue supporting food security programmes in Angola
31 March click here
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Supporting global food security in a changing climate through transatlantic cooperation click here
- Bolivia to invest 40 million in local food production click here
IRRIGATION
- Bolivia will improve water, sanitation and irrigation services with IDB help click here
- Israel keen to partner in irrigation, Clean Ganga projects click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- A new plan to rescue Kosi Basin from poverty
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Baffes, John; and Haniotis, Tassos. 2016. What explains agricultural price movements? Policy Research Working Paper No. WPS 7589. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
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