ICID News Update (July 2016) Thursday, 2016-July-21
- Young AWM Professionals — Come, Join the e-Forum Discussions
- Inputs Invited For ICID Action Plan 2030
- Second Green Revolution: Role of Irrigation and Drainage
- The 2nd World Irrigation Forum (WIF2),
together with 67th International Executive
Council (IEC) Meeting will be hosted by
Thai National Committee on Irrigation and
Drainage (THAICID) during 6-12 November
2016 at the beautiful city of Chiang Mai
in Thailand.
- Sustainable Management of Water Resources for Agriculture and Food Security
- Are we ready to support an African Green Revolution?
- Enhancing Resilience to Drought Events on the
African Continent
- Stockholm Water Week 2016: Water for Sustainable Growth
- Water and Jobs: WWD Report
- Geo-Measurement, Field Investigation, and Monitoring
- Call for Papes - XVI World Water Congress
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ICID e-Bulletin, 18 July 2016 Thursday, 2016-July-21
AGRICULTURE
- Lebanon, Russia may boost agricultural cooperation before end of the year click here
- India, Tanzania to broaden ties on agriculture, manufacturing and small scale industries
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- Uganda: Agriculture can adapt biotechnology
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- Botswana: Agriculture remains priority
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- The future of tea looks bleak, thanks to climate change
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DROUGHTS
- SADC needs N$40,5 billion for drought relief click here
FLOODS
- China developing satellite to monitor floods, drought
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- India: Floods affect over 1 lakh in Assam
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FOOD SECURITY
- Southern Africa facing acute food insecurity
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IRRIGATION
- New irrigation canal to bring water to Turkey’s Mardin
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- Kazakhstan to borrow over $300 million to reconstruct irrigation system
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- India: Maharashtra govt to set up water management units along major irrigation projects
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Managing the world's liquid asset: water click here
- Egypt- Israel to support Ethiopia in developing water resources: Netanyahu
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- Why water deserves more respect
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Deichmann, Uwe; Goyal, Aparajita; Mishra, Deepak K.. 2016. Will digital technologies transform agriculture in developing countries ?. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7669; Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.
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ICID e-Bulletin, 4 July 2016 Tuesday, 2016-July-05 
AGRICULTURE
- USA : Corn boil showcases UGA research projects in sustainable agriculture
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- Ghana government asked to invest more in agricultural research
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- India consider umbrella legislation on climate change
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- WB offers $90 million in climate change, green growth support to Vietnam
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DRAINAGE
- South Australia's vital agricultural drainage system in crises
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DROUGHTS
- South Africa: Western Cape identifies priority areas for drought mitigation
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- UN agencies to meet on El Niño’s ‘devastating impact’ in Central America’s Dry Corridor
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- Fighting Thailand's drought with biodiversity
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FLOODS
- Ethiopia, Kenya struggling to tackle flood, hunger
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FOOD SECURITY
- Four scientists share World Food Prize
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- ADB, IRRI to promote food security through agricultural technologies
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- Oman's OFIC signs agreement on food security projects
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- USA: The California drought’s lessons for food security
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IRRIGATION
- USA: Mobile drip irrigation has huge potential
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- Israel sends drip irrigation to small Paraguay farms
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- India: Maharashtra govt seeks $600 million loan from World Bank for irrigation projects
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- World Bank to bring water to some 40,000 farmer households in Pakistan click here
- Water shortage in northern Israel is worst in past 100 years, new data shows click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Deininger, Klaus W.; Nagarajan, Hari Krishnan; Singh, Sudhir K.. 2016. Short-term effects of India's employment guarantee program on labor markets and agricultural productivity. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7665. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
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ICID News 2016 - Second Quarter Monday, 2016-July-04
- Water Saving and Profitable Rice Cultivation
- SonTek-SL (“side-looking”)
- Key Issues of I&D in Balancing Water, Food, Energy and Ecology
- Soil Moisture : The author has over 20 years of experience in irrigation monitoring and scheduling, Soil Moisture Sense Ltd., lead the way in
cost effective irrigation scheduling and irrigation management.
- Second Green Revolution:
Articulating an Agriculture Water Management Perspective
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ICID e-Bulletin, 20 June 2016 Friday, 2016-July-01
AGRICULTURE
- Collaboration brings focused agricultural advice to farmers in Ha Tinh, Vietnam click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Asia’s rising prosperity, climate change taking toll on food security click here
DRAINAGE
- Abu Dhabi plans $10.6m rainwater drainage works click here
DROUGHTS
- Rural Zimbabwe goes high tech in fight against El Nino, droughts click here
- Caribbean region must boost efforts to prepare for increased drought – UN report click here
FLOODS
- New NASA visualization illustrates severity of recent Texas floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Severe food insecurity in Yemen: FAO click here
- Climate change a threat to food security: UAF click here
- India could farm pulses in African countries like Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi to help control rising prices click here
- India must transform its unorganised food system: Report click here
IRRIGATION
- India to tap Israel’s expertise in drip irrigation click here
- Traditional irrigation keeps water flowing in drought-hit India click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- India: Current against Nagaland as state heads for water crisis click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Balaji Narasimhan, et al., Chennai Floods 2015 - A Rapid Assessment, Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, May 2016. click here
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