ICID E Bulletin 4 September 2017 Tuesday, 2017-September-05
Researchers integrated the capability to simultaneously measure leaf thickness and leaf electrical capacitance into a leaf sensor to monitor water stress in plants.
Credit: Penn State
AGRICULTURE
- International agriculture conference to be held in Ireland next week
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Conservative groups shrug off link between tropical storm Harvey and climate change
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- Malawian farmers adapt in the face of climate change
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DROUGHTS
- Drought affects millions in Indonesia
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- Italy drought: Rome forced to cut water pressure
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FLOODS
- Google commits $1 million to flood relief ops in India, Nepal, Bangladesh
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FOOD SECURITY
- Most ASAL households to remain food insecure despite improved rains
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IRRIGATION
- Leaf sensors can tell farmers when crops need to be watered
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- Panel to review progress of relining of irrigation feeder canals
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Limited water resources ‘costing Middle East and North Africa $21bn a year’
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- National Agriculture Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, September 2016.
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ICID Annual Report 2016-17 Monday, 2017-September-04
- About ICID
- Working Together
- Working Groups in Action
- Activities at Regional Level
- Key ICID Events
- Rewarding Excellence
- Knowledge Management and Dissemination
- Capacity Development Activities
- Financial Management
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ICID News 2017 - Second Quarter Monday, 2017-September-04
- Message from President Dr. Saeed Nairizi
- Doubling Farmers' Income - A Reformative Research Based Strategy Needed for Agrarian Economies((Article by Dr. A.K. Randev based on Government of India's efforts to bring about qualitative change in the life of farmers and rural India)
- Practical Bencmarking for Improving Performance of Irrigation and Drainage Schemes (Article based on the recent ICID Webinar on Benchmarking presented by Dr. Martin Burton)
- Mexico Country Profile (A brief country profile of Mexico)
- 23rd ICID Congress (Article based on the various events organized during the 23rd ICID Congress, Mexico City, October 2017)
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ICID E Bulletin 28 August 2017 Monday, 2017-September-04
Floods in Assam—the second wave to hit the state in less than four months—have wrought widespread destruction on both people and animals. Photo: AP
AGRICULTURE
- India, China jointly propose removal of US, EU farm subsidies
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- Agriculture exports may grow to $100 billion by 2022: Experts
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Exxon dismisses new climate change report, blames Harvard researchers digging for money
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DROUGHTS
- New Mexico is free of drought
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- North Korea has 'too many soldiers' to feed as drought threatens millions
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FLOODS
- Harvey brings catastrophic floods to Houston; at least five reported dead
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- Over 1,000 dead in South Asia floods
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FOOD SECURITY
- China offers high-yielding rice variety to boost Pakistan’s food security
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- FAO calls for food aid for North Korea
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IRRIGATION
- Arsenic in Pakistan groundwater 'alarmingly high': Study
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- India, Nepal to boost water resources, energy cooperation
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- National Agriculture Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, September 2016.
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ICID E Bulletin 21 August 2017 Wednesday, 2017-August-23
APEC seeks boost to food security, sustainable agriculture growth
AGRICULTURE
- Latest ESA Research Leads to Better Cameras for Precision Agriculture
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- U.K.-U.S. Trade Talks in Food & Agriculture
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- President Trump reportedly plans to disband climate change panel
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DROUGHTS
- Successful prediction of multi-year US droughts and wildfire risk
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- Climate scientists create Caribbean drought atlas
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FLOODS
- Bharti bats for river interlinking to mitigate flood problem
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- Floods affect 16 million in Nepal, India and Bangladesh
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FOOD SECURITY
- APEC seeks boost to food security, sustainable agriculture growth
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IRRIGATION
- Kibbutz Drip Irrigation Innovator Sold for $1.5 Billion
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Singapore’s approach to water governance holds lessons for others
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- For New PM Water resources, tax policy among top priorities: Pakistan
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- National Agriculture Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, September 2016.
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