ICID e-Bulletin, 13 July 2015 • Wednesday, 2015-July-15 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015.
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- 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.
- 23rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
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- IAL Courses & Workshops click here
AGRICULTURE
- UN agriculture agency partners with Italy's Autogrill to cut food waste and support small farmers
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- Cyprus: Evaluating climate change adaptation options for the Pedieos River Basin
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DRAINAGE
- USA: Wyatt farmer says landfill drainage ruins his crops
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DROUGHTS
- In pictures: Worst drought in living memory wiping out Thailand's rice belt
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- AP Exclusive: North Korean farmers face dry fields, drought
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- El Niño may aggravate drought situation in Pakistan
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FLOODS
- Venezuela declares state of emergency amid devastating floods
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FOOD SECURITY
- The next UN Secretary-General: An experienced woman to foster global food security
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- Managing the food, water and energy nexus
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IRRIGATION
- Armenian ministry confirms approval of $40 million irrigation loan
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- India to spend $8 billion on irrigation, reduce dependence on monsoon
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- A global crisis of water quality looms click here
- Turkmenistan, S. Korea exchange experience in rational use of water resources
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- Nigeria seeks water resources development for basin, dams click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- FAO, 2015, Regional overview of food insecurity Latin America and the Caribbean, FAO, Rome. click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 6 July 2015 • Monday, 2015-July-06 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015.
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- 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.
- 23rd International 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
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- IAL Courses & Workshops click here
AGRICULTURE
- Lithuanian Agriculture Company to embrace organic farming
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- In India, the big drag on economic progress is agriculture click here
- An all-out drive for Philippine agriculture click here
- Denmark pledges to support Nigeria’s agriculture development click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Major boost in finance is key to helping Asia manage climate change
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DRAINAGE
- USA: Drainage pumps struggling to clear water away from farm land
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DROUGHTS
- Poland facing threat of agricultural drought
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- Skeptics wonder if North Korea is exaggerating drought impact
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FLOODS
- Philippines: Floods displace 25,000 villagers in Maguindanao
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FOOD SECURITY
- BRAC founder wins World Food Prize
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- Africa: FAO Director-General highlights role of trade in food security and the use of public standards to ensure food safety click here
- Global Food Security to hold ‘Resilience of the UK food system in a Global Context’ community event
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- Malawi: Launch of annual report “Food Security in a Climate Perspective 2014”
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IRRIGATION
- India to spend $8 billion to boost irrigation, reduce dependence on monsoon
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- Nigeria: World Bank rehabilitates 13,000 hectares at Bakalori Irrigation Project, says Anka
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- Spain: Huelva, 125.5 hm3 of water for irrigation next campaign
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Algeria-Iran cooperation in water resources examined in Algiers
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- Water diplomacy by Tajikistan click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Naomi Oates, Guy Jobbins, Beatrice Mosello and John Arnold, 2015, ‘Pathways for irrigation development in Africa: insights from Ethiopia, Morocco and Mozambique’, Future Agricultures, Working Paper No. 119
ICID e-Bulletin, 29 June 2015 • Tuesday, 2015-June-30 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 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.
- 23rd International 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
- IAL Courses & Workshops click here
AGRICULTURE
- Australia: El Nino forecast not all doom and gloom for agriculture: weather forecaster
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- Quake-hit Nepal needs $20 million to resume agriculture: FAO click here
- Jamaica to get help from Russia in agriculture click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- ADB: Climate change makes poor poorer in Asia-Pacific click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Drainage improvement project helping keep water runoff in check
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DROUGHTS
- Canada's withdrawal from UN drought convention prompted anger
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- Cover Story: How Israel defies drought
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- North Korea fears famine as drought halves food production, says UN
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- AfDB extends horn of Africa drought mitigation project to Djibouti and Sudan
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FLOODS
- Nepal: Vegetable crops ruined by floods in Lalbandi click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Sustainable soil management key to curbing climate change and ensuring food security – UN agency
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- Breeding for wheat quality to assure food security of a staple crop: the case study of Tajikistan
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IRRIGATION
- Thailand: Irrigation Department tightens water distribution to cope with drought in the Chao Phraya basin
- India: Jain Irrigation expects Rs 100 crore exports from Jalgaon plant
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- Kenya: State sets aside Sh15b to boost irrigation
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Tap dance: Water's effect on Arab-Israeli relations
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- Many of the world's water basins are being depleted, studies find
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2015. Groundwater and ecosystem services: a framework for managing smallholder groundwater dependent agrarian socio-ecologies - applying an ecosystem services and resilience approach. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). click here
ICID News Update (June 2015) • Tuesday, 2015-June-30 
- New Executive Director at ICID Central Office
- KRC Delegation visits ICID Central Office
- African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO)
- Stockholm Water Week 2015: Water for Development
- DROUGHT: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing
- HURRY! Nominations for Heritage Irrigation Structures (HIS)
- Short Course on Water Security
- Solutions for Sustainable Water and Environmental Management
- Updates — 26th European Regional Conference 2015
- Lessons to Learn from California Droughts
- Direct Membership of ICID
- News from ICID National Committees
click hereICID e-Bulletin, 22 June 2015 • Monday, 2015-June-29  FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.
- IAL Courses & Workshops click here
AGRICULTURE
- Bangladesh Bank asks all scheduled banks to open agriculture credit cells click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- China: Climate change is brewing a major problem for the tea industry click here
DRAINAGE
- United Kingdom: Dochfour villagers renew plea for better drainage structures click here
DROUGHTS
- North Korea says hit by worst drought in 100 years click here
- Southern parts of Pakistan to experience harsher droughts click here
- USA: California to cut water for farmers amid major drought click here
FLOODS
- USA: El Niño or not, floods are coming to California click here
FOOD SECURITY
- FAO: Sustainable aquaculture key to food security in Asia, Pacific click here
- Pakistan: Climate change a great risk to food security click here
- India will be food secure by 2050 click here
IRRIGATION
- Poor irrigation and financing failures add to Indian farmers’ troubles click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- FAO warns over our world's declining water resources click here
- Tajikistan: Initiative to promote water cooperation goes flat click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Abate, G. T., Rashid, S., Borzaga, C., and Getnet, Kindie, 2015, Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: does institutional design matter? International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA. click here
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