ICID e-Bulletin 12 August 2013 • Wednesday, 2013-August-14 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Haiti - Agriculture : Important Haitian mission in Washington
- Experts call for new approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change
- Africa - Poverty, hunger attributed to decline in agriculture
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: Climate change a growing threat to California
- Rwanda: Africa can't ignore climate change
DRAINAGE
- Karkala (India): Unscientific drainage system renders agricultural land useless
DROUGHTS
Climate forecasting tool improves drought preparedness in Pacific Island countries-
- Namibia drought threatens 400,000 with hunger
- Breakthrough for drought-resistant rice
FLOODS
- USA: Drought, now floods: South-central Kan. sees extremes
FOOD SECURITY
- Food security in sub-Saharan Africa improves
- World food security more vulnerable than ever to climate change
IRRIGATION
- India: Irrigation canals to generate power in Gujarat
- Small-scale Irrigation Boosts Incomes and Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa
- Gambia: Developing irrigation agriculture
- India: Maharashtra govt to spend Rs 574 crore on 140 irrigation projects
- Could Sri Lanka get irrigation boost from ancient reservoirs?
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Robert Speed, et al., 2013, Basin Water Allocation Planning: Principles, Procedures and Approaches for Basin Allocation Planning, Asian Development Bank, GIWP, UNESCO, and WWF-UK
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China and India 'water grab' dams put ecology of Himalayas in danger
- ADB to finance $30m project for Fata
ICID e-Bulletin 12 August 2013 • Wednesday, 2013-August-14 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Haiti - Agriculture : Important Haitian mission in Washington
- Experts call for new approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change
- Africa - Poverty, hunger attributed to decline in agriculture
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: Climate change a growing threat to California
- Rwanda: Africa can't ignore climate change
DRAINAGE
- Karkala (India): Unscientific drainage system renders agricultural land useless
DROUGHTS
Climate forecasting tool improves drought preparedness in Pacific Island countries-
- Namibia drought threatens 400,000 with hunger
- Breakthrough for drought-resistant rice
FLOODS
- USA: Drought, now floods: South-central Kan. sees extremes
FOOD SECURITY
- Food security in sub-Saharan Africa improves
- World food security more vulnerable than ever to climate change
IRRIGATION
- India: Irrigation canals to generate power in Gujarat
- Small-scale Irrigation Boosts Incomes and Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa
- Gambia: Developing irrigation agriculture
- India: Maharashtra govt to spend Rs 574 crore on 140 irrigation projects
- Could Sri Lanka get irrigation boost from ancient reservoirs?
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Robert Speed, et al., 2013, Basin Water Allocation Planning: Principles, Procedures and
Approaches for Basin Allocation Planning, Asian Development Bank, GIWP, UNESCO, and WWF-
UK
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China and India 'water grab' dams put ecology of Himalayas in danger
- ADB to finance $30m project for Fata
ICID e-Bulletin 5 August 2013 • Thursday, 2013-August-08 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AWARDS
- Announcementt off tthe Fiirstt Worlld IIrriigattiion and Draiinage Priize,, 2013
AGRICULTURE
- IFAD highlights Africa’s potential for agriculture
- Saudi Arabia's food and agriculture sectors maintaining annual 18.5% growth
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change report: As Michigan warms, new crops, plant life and disease may take hold
DRAINAGE
- Guyana's farmers improve drainage to avert flood damage
- USA: My Voices - Drainage leads to improved land, water
DROUGHTS
- NZ drought "one of the most extreme on record"
FLOODS
- Nigeria: Floods - How trees protected Lagos - Fashola
FOOD SECURITY
- ADB: Gender equality means food security for Asia-Pacific
- Favorable rains improves food security in East Africa
- Global food security: Clemson researcher sounding alarm about expanding crop production
- Africa: U.S. launches two new food security partnerships with Africa
- GWP report examines water and food security in Asia
IRRIGATION
- Could Sri Lanka get irrigation boost from ancient reservoirs?
- Ghana: Irrigation Development Authority to develop irrigation schemes in the north
- Haiti - Agriculture: Rehabilitation of irrigation channel in Nan Valette
- Pakistan: Irrigation schemes: Work on Raghgan Dam underway in Bajaur
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Nigeria gets additional $350m fund for water resources
- India: Uttarakhand yet to implement water management act
click here ICID e-Bulletin 29 July 2013 • Saturday, 2013-August-03 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- UK agriculture gets £160 m to cultivate ‘world-beating products’
- Agriculture is Nigeria’s hope, says Amosun
CLIMATE CHANGE
- NASA climate change video: This is the U.S. in 2100
- Climate Change affecting Belize
- West Africa: Climate change to hit Volta Basin for energy, farming
DRAINAGE
- India: Drainage department inaction creates havoc for Bheela farmers
DROUGHTS
- New Zealand: Drought worst in nearly 70 years
- Droughts affect 1.15 mln Central Chinese
- USA: Study - Irrigation protected jobs during drought
- Zimbabwe: Let's plan for drought
FLOODS
- Thailand: Farmers to get Bt8m over flood damage
FOOD SECURITY
- China eyes food security options in Venezuela
- Africa Agriculture Science week highlights progress towards food security
- Partnership key to Africa’s food security – CEO of CGIAR
IRRIGATION
- USA: Report cites irrigation value to Nebraska
- Kenya: Tribal conflicts in Kenya complicate pursuit of irrigation projects
- Sri Lanka commissions irrigation project to benefit Eastern Province
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Idaho and New Mexico Universities to work on water resources research
- India to boost spending seven-fold to map water aquifers
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