ICID News 2016 - Second Quarter Monday, 2016-July-04
- Water Saving and Profitable Rice Cultivation
- SonTek-SL (“side-looking”)
- Key Issues of I&D in Balancing Water, Food, Energy and Ecology
- Soil Moisture : The author has over 20 years of experience in irrigation monitoring and scheduling, Soil Moisture Sense Ltd., lead the way in
cost effective irrigation scheduling and irrigation management.
- Second Green Revolution:
Articulating an Agriculture Water Management Perspective
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ICID e-Bulletin, 20 June 2016 Friday, 2016-July-01
AGRICULTURE
- Collaboration brings focused agricultural advice to farmers in Ha Tinh, Vietnam click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Asia’s rising prosperity, climate change taking toll on food security click here
DRAINAGE
- Abu Dhabi plans $10.6m rainwater drainage works click here
DROUGHTS
- Rural Zimbabwe goes high tech in fight against El Nino, droughts click here
- Caribbean region must boost efforts to prepare for increased drought – UN report click here
FLOODS
- New NASA visualization illustrates severity of recent Texas floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Severe food insecurity in Yemen: FAO click here
- Climate change a threat to food security: UAF click here
- India could farm pulses in African countries like Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi to help control rising prices click here
- India must transform its unorganised food system: Report click here
IRRIGATION
- India to tap Israel’s expertise in drip irrigation click here
- Traditional irrigation keeps water flowing in drought-hit India click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- India: Current against Nagaland as state heads for water crisis click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Balaji Narasimhan, et al., Chennai Floods 2015 - A Rapid Assessment, Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, May 2016. click here
http://www.icwar.iisc.ernet.in.
ICID e-Bulletin, 20 June 2016 Wednesday, 2016-June-22
AGRICULTURE
- Improved agricultural efficiency “key to Africa’s growth” click here
- Saving Pakistan’s dying agriculture sector
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- El Nino and climate change a dire recipe for Africa click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Controlled drainage is the new black click here
DROUGHTS
- India drought hits crisis point, 330 million people affected
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- China to share rain inducing new technology with drought-hit Maharashtra
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FLOODS
- Floods in southern China kill 25, displace over 33,000
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FOOD SECURITY
- Latin American agriculture to drive growth and food security
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- Nigeria may experience food shortage – UNDP click here
- EU assists food security and nutrition policy development in the South Caucasus
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- USD4.5m invested in potato farming in Zambia
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- 2016 Global Food Security Index released
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IRRIGATION
- India: Gujarat top state in drip irrigation system usage: CM Anandiben Patel
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- Kenya: Sh128 million irrigation project set to benefit 1,000 households click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- How Egypt plans to address its growing water crisis
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Van Den Berg, Caroline; Agha Al Nimer, Sana Kh.H.; Fileccia, Turi; Gonzalez, Luz Maria; Wahseh, Suhail. 2016. The cost of irrigation water in the Jordan Valley. Water Partnership Program (WPP). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 30 May 2016 Thursday, 2016-June-02 
AGRICULTURE
- Brexit may provide boost for African agriculture
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- Ethiopia, Denmark agree on advancing cooperation in agriculture
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- Agriculture growth reduces poverty in Bangladesh
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- USDA promotes farms and forestlands in the fight against climate change
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DRAINAGE
- Malaysia: Klang flash floods due to heavy rain and blocked drainage
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DROUGHTS
- Africa food crisis 2016: El Niño drought to make more than 50 million go hungry, UN says
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- India will ‘divert rivers’ to stop drought affecting 330 million
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FLOODS
- Floods in Sri Lanka
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FOOD SECURITY
- USAID: Quality fertiliser will improve food security, poverty alleviation
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- AfDB and The Gambia sign USD 9 million agriculture and food security loan agreement
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IRRIGATION
- Maharashtra (India): Govt to bring 6.61 lakh hectares of sugarcane under drip irrigation
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Egypt's fresh water share per individual decreases by 1.5%: CAPMAS
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- Tanzania: Looming threats of increased water problems click here
- Iran’s renewable water resources facing severe decline click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- FAO, 2016, Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity into Agricultural Production and Management in East Africa - Technical guidance document, FAO, Rome. click here
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