• President's Message


• ICID Foundation Day: 71st Year Celebration An Extended Webinar on the Theme: ‘Agricultural Water Management Strategies in Changing Situations’


• Participatory and Decentralized Rural Water Management in India


• Global Webinar on the Impact and Recovery from COVID-19 in the Irrigation and Drainage Sector – Proceedings Report


• ICID Invites Expression of Interest for Online International Certificate Course on Micro Irrigation Systems


• ICID-Aqua Foundation Online Certificate Course on Dam and Network Safety Assurance

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ICID e-learning Programmes

ICID Watsave Awards and Recognition of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS)

ICID's Important Events Postponed

• The 24th ICID Congress and 72nd IEC Meeting
• The 71st IEC Meeting and the 5th ARC
• The 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC)

Agriculture, Climate Change, Droughts, Floods, Food Security, Irrigation, Water Resources Management, Upcoming Events and Latest Publications

AGRICULTURE


• Global Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture Market Research Report to 2030 click here
• Spotlight on Economics: Economic lessons from precision agriculture in N.D. click here
• Farmers have a massive role to play in solving climate change click here

CLIMATE CHANGE


• Bugs, Bills, and Poison Ivy - How Climate Change Makes Them Worse click here
• Thistlethwaite: Got climate change? click here
• Science says: Climate change, people stoke California fires click here

DROUGHTS


• Indiana County enters moderate drought click here
• Sixteen Pennsylvania counties put under drought watch, asked to reduce water use click here
• Nebraska experiencing drought conditions click here

FLOODS


• Floods test limits of Three Gorges Dam click here
• Staunton floods: Heavy rain and thunderstorms bring more damage Saturday click here
• Brief Spin Up Tornadoes In Johnstown, Saratoga Springs and Windham click here

FOOD SECURITY


• Canadian Funding will Improve Food Security and Boost Revenues for over 12,000 Households in Ethiopia and Ghana click here
• Burkina Faso Faces ‘Alarming Deterioration’ in Food Security as It Grapples with COVID-19 click here
• As China Looks to Improve Food Security, Wheat Imports More Than Double click here

IRRIGATION


• Conservation at Work: Benefits of Irrigation Water Management click here
• Low Flows Due to Irrigation Destroying Deschutes River click here
• PARC Signs MoU for sustainable irrigation click here

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT


• Farmer study provides water use lessons click here
• Smart Water Management Market Emerging Trends, Technology and Growth 2019 to 2025 click here
• UP Israel ink deal for water management in parched Bundelkhand region: Officials click here

Upcoming Events

• MinWat 2020 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Mineral Waters: Genesis, Exploitation, Protection, and Valorisation. click here
• Irrigation Association cancels Irrigation Show and Education Week for 2020 click here
• 6th IWA International Symposium on Water, Wastewater and Environment in Ancient Civilizations: Traditions and Cultures 8-10 September 2020 click here
• 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28) click here

Latest Publications

• Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus click here
• Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water click here
• New series of FAO Policy and Field Guides to improve water productivity and water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture click here
• Water and Climate Change click here

• From Secretary General's desk


• ICID Webinar Series- Water Management in Saline Agriculture


• ICID Young Professionals (IYPeF) News


• ICID participates in the Orientation of C4Y IWP Water Champions Youth Fellowship Program 2020


• ICID Journal on Irrigation and Drainage


• ICID attends National Water Mission’s 14th Water Talk


• Important ICID Announcements


• News from National Committees


• News from International Partners


• Publications


• International Online Certificate course on Micro-Irrigation Systems


• Forthcoming ICID Events

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ICID e-learning Programmes

1. Online International Certificate Course on Micro-Irrigation Systems
2. Certificate course on Dam and Network Assurance and Safety

ICID Watsave Awards and Recognition of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) click here

ICID's Important Events Postponed

• The 24th ICID Congress and 72nd IEC Meeting
• The 71st IEC Meeting and the 5th ARC
• The 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC)

AGRICULTURE

• Agriculture Has Replaced Fossil Fuels as the Environment's Biggest Human Source of Sulfur click here
• Hydroponic agriculture trending upward click here
• The one-two punch at modern agriculture click here

CLIMATE CHANGE


• Missing the point on cities’ efforts to go all-electric to fight climate change click here
• KSAT Explains: The science and impact of climate change click here
• Humans off the hook? Climate change killed woolly rhinos, says study click here

DROUGHTS


• Three out of the past five Julys were the hottest on record click here
• Isaias Tree Damage Had Several Factors: Analysis click here
• Striving for Resilience: Lessons Learned from Experiences of Drought and Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe click here

FLOODS


• Yemen floods death toll rises to 174 click here
• Heavy Rain Floods Streets in Northern Virginia click here
• Saturday Flash Flooding in Chesterfield County click here

FOOD SECURITY


• Africa strives to tackle food security challenges brought by COVID-19 pandemic, locust invasion click here
• Nonprofits awarded $200K to support food security efforts click here
• What’s the Emergency Food Security Program? click here

IRRIGATION


• Global Center Pivot Irrigation Systems Industry click here
• Global Irrigation Automation Market Insights and Forecast 2020-2027 - ResearchAndMarkets.com click here
• Netafim Secures USD 85 Million Deal to Execute Three New Irrigation Projects click here

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT


• Community Agriculture Alliance: Water management planning in the Yampa Valley click here
• Water management in Java adds to burden on women and reduces their incomes click here
• Tucumcari researchers make the most of limited water click here

Upcoming Events

• MinWat 2020 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Mineral Waters: Genesis, Exploitation, Protection, and Valorisation. click here
• Irrigation Association cancels Irrigation Show and Education Week for 2020 click here
• 6th IWA International Symposium on Water, Wastewater and Environment in Ancient Civilizations: Traditions and Cultures 8-10 September 2020 click here
• 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28) click here

Latest Publications

• Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus click here
• Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water click here
• New series of FAO Policy and Field Guides to improve water productivity and water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture click here
• Water and Climate Change click here

ICID Watsave Awards and Recognition of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS)

• WatSave Awards
• WHIS Recognition
• From this year onwards, ONLY ONLINE NOMINATION FORM SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED

Mode of Application : Kindly email us your applications with all relevant documents at icid@icid.org

ICID's Important Events Postponed

• The 24th ICID Congress and 72nd IEC Meeting click here
• The 71st IEC Meeting and the 5th ARC
• The 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC)

News & Insight from Water-Energy-Food Nexus

AGRICULTURE


• Blue River Technology Uses Facebook AI For Weed Control click here
• Allan Nietzke reflects on 56 years of agriculture accounting click here
• Editorial: Companies need to stop spreading fear of agriculture click here

CLIMATE CHANGE


• Around Town: Climate change is here to stay click here
• COVID-19 Lockdowns Will Have Negligible Effect on Climate Change click here
• How Tropical Storm Isaias is connected to climate change click here

DROUGHTS


• Central Europe to face extreme droughts without climate action click here
• Drought conditions in Arizona getting worse thanks to dry monsoon season click here
• All about the drought click here

FLOODS


• What to do if your house floods click here
• South Korea floods, landslides kill dozens, displace thousands click here
• Flowing and flooding: Minnesota River Valley sees an increase in extreme rains, droughts click here

FOOD SECURITY


• We need a collective impact to end food insecurity click here
• Food Security Council created in Michigan click here
• Decline in plant breeding programs could impact food security click here

IRRIGATION


• Considering subsurface drip irrigation? Here's what you need to know. click here
• Drip irrigation saves time, money, water and backache click here
• Guest column: The fallacy of in-conduit hydropower click here

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT


• China’s Great Wall Of Water click here
• Water, drought and flooding click here
• Global Water Resources Reports Second Quarter 2020 click here

Upcoming Events

• MinWat 2020 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Mineral Waters: Genesis, Exploitation, Protection, and Valorisation. Postponed click here
• Irrigation Association cancels Irrigation Show and Education Week for 2020 click here
• 6th IWA International Symposium on Water, Wastewater and Environment in Ancient Civilizations: Traditions and Cultures 8-10 September 2020 click here
• 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28) click here

Latest Publications

• Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus click here
• Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water click here
• New series of FAO Policy and Field Guides to improve water productivity and water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture click here
• Water and Climate Change click here