ICID News update Aug 2013 • Thursday, 2013-August-29 
- Opening Plenary of 64th IEC Meeting
- International Conference Explores Water and Food Security in Dry Areas
- ‘Direct Membership’ of ICID
- Food Security Resolves to End Hunger in Africa by 2025
- Agricultural Water Storage in Africa
- UN-Water Best Practices Award
- News from ICID National Committees
- 22nd ICID Congress on Irrigation and Drainage 14-20 September 2014 Gwangju, Korea
- World Water Week 1-6
September 2013
- Take advantage of Irrigation and Drainage Online
click hereAnnual Report 2012-13 • Thursday, 2013-August-29 
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- About ICID
- Working Groups in Action
- Key ICID Events
- Activities at Regional Level
- National Committees at Work
- Working Together with Partners
- Rewarding Excellence
- Dissemination and Communication
- Financial Management
- Annex 1. Acknowledgements
- Annex 2. World Irrigation and Drainage Data
click hereICID e-Bulletin 26 August 2013 • Tuesday, 2013-August-27 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 1st World Irrigation Forum and 64th IEC meeting, 29 September - 5 October 2013, Mardin, Turkey
- 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea.
AGRICULTURE
- Fiji: Need for agriculture plan
- Ghana, FAO sign $31.6 financing agreement to develop agriculture
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change: forecast for 2100 is floods and heat ... and it’s man’s fault
DRAINAGE
- USA: City tackling drainage issues
DROUGHTS
- Droughts role in the world water crisis
- Israeli scientific breakthrough could ease droughts and famines
- UNICEF: Severe drought puts millions at risk in Angola and Namibia
FLOODS
- Climate change to cause $52 bn in global flood losses by 2050
FOOD SECURITY
- Food security scheme for India
- Revamping the Gezira scheme: Sudan seeks food security with rice
- SA food security at risk - govt
IRRIGATION
- Haryana (India): Rs 90 cr approved under National Mission for Micro Irrigation
- Ecuador signs $136 million loan deal with BNDES for irrigation
- Bangladesh: More irrigation efficiency needed to reduce agri output cost
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
- Annual Report 2012-13
- OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2012-2021, 2012
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Water management in Burkina Faso improves with U.S. help
- UN urges Central Asian countries to share water resources
- Call to restructure Indo-Bangla river panel
- Indian-American professor receives top US environmental award
click here ICID e-Bulletin 19 August 2013 • Tuesday, 2013-August-20 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- Agriculture to remain key source of jobs - World Bank
- Australian agriculture urged to look to India
- African agriculture research receives major boost
- Zimbabwe: Prioritise agriculture sector revival
CLIMATE CHANGE
- 'Climate change-ready' rice varieties in the works at IRRI
DRAINAGE
- Illinois Drainage Guide (Online)
DROUGHTS
- Indian scientists to come out with drought-resistant rice variety in a year
- Roots breakthrough for drought-resistant rice: study
FLOODS
- Sudan struggles with worst floods in decades
FOOD SECURITY
- Why the food security bill matters to developing Asia
- Burkina Faso farmers lead the way on food security and climate change resilience
- Ghana's present food security is unprecedented- Deputy Minister
IRRIGATION
- New irrigation solution launched in NZ
- China loans cash for irrigation, power projects
LATEST PUBLICATION
- Guy Pegram, et al., 2013, River Basin Planning Principles: Procedures and Approaches for
Strategic Basin Planning, Asian Development Bank, GIWP, UNESCO, and WWF-UK.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China: Three Gorges Dam water flow increase helps spawning
- Water resources cause local conflicts in Central Asia
- China unveils five-year plan to treat water, soil losses
- India: Himalayas at risk in hydro dam water grab
click here 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
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