ICID e-Bulletin, 4 January 2016 • Tuesday, 2016-January-05 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
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International Convention on Agricultural Engineering, Las Dunas Hotel, Santa Maria Key, Villa Clara Province, Cuba, 22-25 March 2016.
Contact: Dr. C. Aymara Garcia Lópaz. E-mail: directorainvest@iagric.cu
- 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) on 'Agricultural Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Variability', Cairo, Egypt, 26-28 April 2016. click here
- 13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 3-6 March 2017.
E-mail: irncid@gmail.com; www.irncid.org
- 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
E-mail: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx
AGRICULTURE
- Armenian Government reports strong growth in agriculture
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change, El Nino suspected in record flooding in Britain click here
- 10 ways USDA can address climate change in 2016
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DRAINAGE
- USA: Gates are closed at Steele Bayou Drainage Structure because of Rising River
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DROUGHTS
- Latin America: Colombia declares red alert over severe droughts
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- New Zealand: Marlborough drought could break records
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FLOODS
- UK floods and extreme global weather linked to El Niño and climate change
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FOOD SECURITY
- Swaziland: Food security to worsen in 2016 – Prediction
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- El Niño threatens to worsen food security for tens of millions in Africa
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- Mozambique: 176,000 face 'acute food insecurity'
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- China vows to safeguard food security amid reforms - Xinhua
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IRRIGATION
- India: Focus on redesigning of irrigation projects
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Ethiopia: Harnessing water resources for renewable energy
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- India: Cleaning Ganga a challenge for Water Resources Ministry in 2016
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Rieu-Clarke, A., Moynihan, A. and Magsig, B.-O. 2015. Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: International law, policy guidelines and best practice application. WWAP. Paris, UNESCO.
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ICID e-Bulletin, 28 December 2015 • Monday, 2016-January-04 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- International Convention on Agricultural Engineering, Las Dunas Hotel, Santa Maria Key, Villa Clara Province, Cuba, 22-25 March 2016. Contact : Dr. C. Aymara Garcia Lópaz. E-mail : directorainvest@iagric.cu
- 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) on 'Agricultural Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Variability', Cairo, Egypt, 26-28 April 2016. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.
- 13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 3-6 March 2017. E-mail : irncid@gmail.com click here
- 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
E-mail : cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx
AGRICULTURE
- Zambia: Government to transform agriculture click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- NASA: Climate change threatens to destroy the world’s lakes click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Farmers look to alternative land uses click here
DROUGHTS
- Ethiopia hit by the worst drought in decades
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FLOODS
- India: Floods, drought ruin grape crop in Karnataka
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- Flash floods in North Korea
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FOOD SECURITY
- Paris Agreement: food security is priority
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- FAO issues food security alert for southern Africa click here
- Russia looks to provide food security to Pacific Rim countries
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- The unintended casualty of climate change debate – global food security
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- El Niño worsens food crisis in Eastern Africa: UN
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IRRIGATION
- World Bank to commit $500m to Northern Nigeria’s irrigation projects
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- India: Maharashtra plans to revive traditional water resources
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- World Bank approves Pakistan loan for energy, water, and climate
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Rieu-Clarke, A., Moynihan, A. and Magsig, B.-O. 2015. Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: International law, policy guidelines and best practice application. WWAP. Paris, UNESCO.
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ICID News Update (December 2015) • Tuesday, 2015-December-22 
- Agricultural Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Variability
- Secretary General of THAICID on WIF2
Dr. Somkiat Prajamwong, Secretary
General of Thai National Committee
on Irrigation and Drainage (THAICID)
interviewed on ‘Thailand Today’ TV
network on Second World Irrigation
Forum (WIF2) provided on THAICID
website (http://www.rid.go.th/thaicid/).
- 2nd World Irrigation and
Drainage Prize 2016
- The Paris Agreement
"We have entered a new era of global cooperation
on one of the most complex issues ever to confront
humanity. For the first time, every country in the world
has pledged to curb emissions, strengthen resilience
and join in common cause to take common climate
action. This is a resounding success for multilateralism.”
- INWEPF Symposium 2015
Mediterranean Forum on Water Resources
- Virtual Workbody Meetings (WebEx)
- Agenda 2030: SDG Targets and Indicators
- Minutes of the 66th IEC
and Workbody Meetings at
Montpellier, France - Online
- Universal Access Wherever
You Are
- Sustainable Clean Ganga Mission: The Way Ahead
- CNCID Delegation visits Indonesia
- New GWP Executive Secretary
Mr. Rudolph Cleveringa, Executive Secretary, GWPO
- Exploring Cooperation between ICID and Netherlands
click hereICID e-Bulletin, 21 December 2015 • Monday, 2015-December-21 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- International Convention on Agricultural Engineering, Las Dunas Hotel, Santa Maria Key, Villa Clara Province, Cuba, 22-25 March 2016.
Contact: Dr. C. Aymara Garcia Lópaz. E-mail: directorainvest@iagric.cu
- 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) on 'Agricultural Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Variability', Cairo, Egypt, 26-28 April 2016. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.
- 13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 3-6 March 2017.
www.irncid.org; E-mail: irncid@gmail.com
- 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
E-mail: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx
AGRICULTURE
- JICA sees heightened Japanese interest in VN agriculture
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- India: NITI Aayog mulling big reforms in agriculture sector
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- 25 AL counties get USDA agriculture disaster designation
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- USDA takes climate change conversations to Colorado farmers
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- COP 21: Five ways climate change could affect Africa
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DRAINAGE
- USA: ISG Principal Appointed to Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition Board
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DROUGHTS
- 10 million people facing food shortages as drought grips Ethiopia
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FLOODS
- Indian economy suffers $3 billion loss from recent floods - Aon Benfield click here
FOOD SECURITY
- WTO talks: Kenya backs food security, farmers’ interests
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IRRIGATION
- India: Andhra Pradesh government allots 623 acres land to Jain Irrigation
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- Zambia: State to boost irrigation
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- Azerbaijan: Farmers can use drones for improving irrigation
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- South East Irrigation Scheme: Australia's most expensive irrigation scheme opens in Tasmania
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- China Exclusive: Beijing needs more as water diversion eases thirst
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- How renewables could power Asia
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Bellwood-Howard, I., et al., 2015. Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 38p. (IWMI Working Paper 163). click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 14 December 2015 • Wednesday, 2015-December-16 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- International Convention on Agricultural Engineering, Las Dunas Hotel, Santa Maria Key, Villa Clara Province, Cuba, 22-25 March 2016.
Contact: Dr. C. Aymara Garcia Lópaz. E-mail: directorainvest@iagric.cu
- 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) on 'Agricultural Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Variability', Cairo, Egypt, 26-28 April 2016. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.
- 13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 3-6 March 2017. click here E-mail: irncid@gmail.com
- 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
E-mail: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx
AGRICULTURE
- German farmers hit by oversupply in agriculture
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- Vietnam to promote agriculture investment
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate change likely to worsen global hunger
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- Pakistan among countries most affected by climate change
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DRAINAGE
- Drainage gains in water management
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DROUGHTS
- Namibia: Worse, Catastrophic Droughts on Horizon - Shifeta
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- Worsening US droughts demand various water safety approaches, research suggests
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FLOODS
- Historic rainfall floods Southeast India click here
- 500 years of drought and flood: trees and corals reveal Australia’s climate history
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FOOD SECURITY
- Food trade key against world hunger, but keep it safe: FAO
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- Joint farming to help ensure Africa's food security
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IRRIGATION
- Jain Irrigation bags Rs 2.2-billion contract from Tanzania
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- Balochistan: Karezes Irrigation System Included in UNESCO World Heritage List
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- IFAD sets aside $55 million for revitalizing Zimbabwe irrigation schemes
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- India: Detailed project report of Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation ready
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- Bolivia will improve access to potable and irrigation water with IDB assistance
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- UAE, South Korea sign water resources management agreement
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- Man-made issues exacerbate Iran’s water crisis
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- Paris summit brings $1 billion to protect world’s water
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
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FAO, 2015, Status of the World’s Soil Resources (SWSR) – Main Report, FAO and Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, Rome, Italy. click here
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