ICID e-Bulletin, 8 August 2016 • Tuesday, 2016-August-09 
AGRICULTURE
- Africa: Agriculture emissions to surpass fossil fuels - FAO click here
- Preparing to face the future of agriculture in the United States
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- United Nations finds that greenhouse gases are increasing from agriculture
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- Indian State plans to increase solar power use in agriculture
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Cuba: Climate change resistant plant varieties created
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DROUGHTS
- Sowing the seeds of resilience in Southern Africa's epic drought
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FLOODS
- India floods kill more than 150 people
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FOOD SECURITY
- Pakistan: Traditional farming could create food security crisis: Scientists
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- NASA’s new mission: improving food security in West Africa
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- Oman ranks second in GCC for food security
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IRRIGATION
- India: Farmers told to adopt drip irrigation to curb water scarcity
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- Zimbabwe: Irrigation schemes will boost production - MPs
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Water rights and trading in Australia click here
- Africa: World awaits major crisis unless governments make interventions click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Shilpi, Forhad J.; Emran, Shahe. 2016. Agricultural productivity and non-farm employment: evidence from Bangladesh. Policy Research working paper No. WPS 7685. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
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ICID e-Bulletin, 1 August 2016 • Wednesday, 2016-August-03 
AGRICULTURE
- USAID pledges $100m for Afghan agriculture
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change worsens conflict, say scientists in new study
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DROUGHTS
- SADC urged to unite against drought
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- El Niño droughts in southern Africa will be ‘more frequent and severe’: Oxfam
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FLOODS
- China’s devastating floods: From adaptation to mitigation
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- Over one million people hit as floods worsen in India's tea region of Assam
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FOOD SECURITY
- UN warns worsening food security situation in Somalia
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- Kyrgyzstan and WFP launch skills training for food security
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- UN food agency leaders hail U.S. law aimed at boosting global food security, resilience, and nutrition
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- New high-yielding rice a boom for China's future food security
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IRRIGATION
- Pakistan: Improving irrigation will solve food security challenges
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- How irrigation in Asia affects rainfall in Africa
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Underground water could transform Africa’s agricultural production
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Tschakert, Petra. 2016. The role of inequality in climate-poverty debates. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7677. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.
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ICID News Update (July 2016) • Thursday, 2016-July-21 
- Young AWM Professionals — Come, Join the e-Forum Discussions
- Inputs Invited For ICID Action Plan 2030
- Second Green Revolution: Role of Irrigation and Drainage
- The 2nd World Irrigation Forum (WIF2),
together with 67th International Executive
Council (IEC) Meeting will be hosted by
Thai National Committee on Irrigation and
Drainage (THAICID) during 6-12 November
2016 at the beautiful city of Chiang Mai
in Thailand.
- Sustainable Management of Water Resources for Agriculture and Food Security
- Are we ready to support an African Green Revolution?
- Enhancing Resilience to Drought Events on the
African Continent
- Stockholm Water Week 2016: Water for Sustainable Growth
- Water and Jobs: WWD Report
- Geo-Measurement, Field Investigation, and Monitoring
- Call for Papes - XVI World Water Congress
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AGRICULTURE
- Lebanon, Russia may boost agricultural cooperation before end of the year click here
- India, Tanzania to broaden ties on agriculture, manufacturing and small scale industries
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- Uganda: Agriculture can adapt biotechnology
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- Botswana: Agriculture remains priority
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- The future of tea looks bleak, thanks to climate change
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DROUGHTS
- SADC needs N$40,5 billion for drought relief click here
FLOODS
- China developing satellite to monitor floods, drought
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- India: Floods affect over 1 lakh in Assam
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FOOD SECURITY
- Southern Africa facing acute food insecurity
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IRRIGATION
- New irrigation canal to bring water to Turkey’s Mardin
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- Kazakhstan to borrow over $300 million to reconstruct irrigation system
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- India: Maharashtra govt to set up water management units along major irrigation projects
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Managing the world's liquid asset: water click here
- Egypt- Israel to support Ethiopia in developing water resources: Netanyahu
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- Why water deserves more respect
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Deichmann, Uwe; Goyal, Aparajita; Mishra, Deepak K.. 2016. Will digital technologies transform agriculture in developing countries ?. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7669; Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.
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ICID e-Bulletin, 4 July 2016 • Tuesday, 2016-July-05 
AGRICULTURE
- USA : Corn boil showcases UGA research projects in sustainable agriculture
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- Ghana government asked to invest more in agricultural research
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- India consider umbrella legislation on climate change
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- WB offers $90 million in climate change, green growth support to Vietnam
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DRAINAGE
- South Australia's vital agricultural drainage system in crises
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DROUGHTS
- South Africa: Western Cape identifies priority areas for drought mitigation
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- UN agencies to meet on El Niño’s ‘devastating impact’ in Central America’s Dry Corridor
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- Fighting Thailand's drought with biodiversity
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FLOODS
- Ethiopia, Kenya struggling to tackle flood, hunger
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FOOD SECURITY
- Four scientists share World Food Prize
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- ADB, IRRI to promote food security through agricultural technologies
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- Oman's OFIC signs agreement on food security projects
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- USA: The California drought’s lessons for food security
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IRRIGATION
- USA: Mobile drip irrigation has huge potential
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- Israel sends drip irrigation to small Paraguay farms
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- India: Maharashtra govt seeks $600 million loan from World Bank for irrigation projects
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- World Bank to bring water to some 40,000 farmer households in Pakistan click here
- Water shortage in northern Israel is worst in past 100 years, new data shows click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Deininger, Klaus W.; Nagarajan, Hari Krishnan; Singh, Sudhir K.. 2016. Short-term effects of India's employment guarantee program on labor markets and agricultural productivity. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7665. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
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