World Water Day (WWD) is celebrated on 22 March every year commencing from 1993. The theme of the World Water Day 2017 is “Wastewater” and is generally initiated by UN-Water. More information on WWD 2017 will be shortly available at http://www.worldwaterday.org.

What is World Water Day?
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about taking action to tackle the water crisis. Today, there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home, spending countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources, and coping with the health impacts of using contaminated water.

Laos crop yields may drop as irrigation system in need of repairs


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AGRICULTURE
• Rwanda gets Rwf 32.2b in Agriculture click here
• UN agriculture chief calls for stronger water management, improved access for small farmers click here

CLIMATE CHANGE
• U.S. Crop Harvests Could Suffer with Climate Change click here

DROUGHTS
• Sri Lanka hit by worst drought in decades click here
• U.N. warns of famine risk in Somalia amid worsening drought click here

FLOODS
• Warnings for avalanche, flood and wildfires in California click here

FOOD SECURITY
• Kenyan smallholders embrace crop diversification to boost food security click here
• India's worsening food security click here

IRRIGATION
• Laos crop yields may drop as irrigation system in need of repairs click here

WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• FAO urges all to use water resources better click here

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
• 13th International Drainage Workshop (IDW), Ahwaz City, Iran, 4-7 March 2017, Theme: Drainage and Environmental Sustainability.
• 68th IEC and 23rd ICID Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 8-14 October 2017, on the theme: Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a new Green Revolution, Mexico City, Mexico, 8-14 October 2017.

LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
• National Agriculture Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, September 2016. click here

• From Secretary General’s Desk
• Nominations are invited for: Sixth Best Performing National Committee Award , Best Performing Workbody Award and WatSave Awards, 2017
• UN Data Forum opens in South Africa to harness power of data for sustainable development
• New Addition for Knowledge Dissemination through Webinar Services
• Call for Papers - 23rd ICID Congress, 8-14 October 2017, Mexico City, Mexico
• Minutes of the 67th IEC & Workbody Meetings, 8-12 November 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand – Online
• Key Changes in ICID Workbody Membership after 67th IEC meeting
• Collaboration between CNCID and PANCID
• 13th International Drainage Workshop on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, 4-7 March 2017 at Ahwaz, Iran
• 4th Arab Water Week (AWW4) on the theme ‘Managing Water Systems within Fragile Environments in the Arab Region’, 19-23 March 2017 at Kempinski Hotel Ishtar, Jordan
• News from ICID National Committees – Australia, India, Pakistan and USA
• Take Advantage of Irrigation and Drainage Journal Online
• World Soil Day 2016 on the theme ‘Soils and pulses, a symbiosis for life’
• Call for nominations for the Heritage Irrigation Structure (HIS), 2017
• Forthcoming Events

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The water–food–energy nexus offers an unprecedented opportunity for change in agricultural water management. Mr. Jeremy Bird delivered a keynote address on this topic at the 2nd World Irrigation Forum, held at Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 2016. This is an extract of the keynote presentation.

1. President's Message
2. Five years after the Bonn Nexus Conference – Implications for irrigation and drainage by Mr. Jeremy Bird, Director General, IWMI
3. Role of Women in Irrigation and Drainage Sector by Ms. Kathleen Heuvel (Australia)
4. Declaration of Ministers’ Meeting organized during 2nd World Irrigation Forum, Chiang Mai, Nov. 2016
   
   
5. 2nd World Irrigation Forum Statement, Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 2016
6. Increasing Crop Productivity Ecofriendly by Improving Sprinkler and Micro Irrigation Design and Management by Prof. Li Jiusheng (China) - Winner of WatSave Technology Award 2016

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