ICID e-Bulletin, 17 November 2014 • Friday, 2014-November-21 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 6-12 November 2016.click here
AGRICULTURE
- Australia: Agricultural Competitiveness Green Paper click here
- Pakistan: Possible solution - Climate-smart agriculture viable for food security click here
- Realising West Africa’s true agricultural potential click here
- Japan’s tech firms rush into agriculture business click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: Climate change and severe drought raise questions about food security click here
DRAINAGE
- Nigeria to borrow $945 million for irrigation, drainage projects click here
DROUGHTS
- Brazil: São Paulo’s worst drought in decades linked to rainforest depletion: Climatologist click here
- USA: The future of California’s drought click here
FLOODS
- Mozambique prepares for floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- WTO to take up India’s demand for permanent food security solution click here
IRRIGATION
- Global water supply and irrigation systems industry click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- FAO launches water use management project in Sana'a basin click here
- Azerbaijan, Netherlands sign MoU on water resource management click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Von Grebmer, Klaus, et al., 2014 Global Hunger Index, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). click here
ICID e-Bulletin 3 November 2014 • Thursday, 2014-November-06 
Managing water for sustainable agriculture
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
- 66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
- 2nd World Irrigation Forum and 67th IEC, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2016.
AGRICULTURE
- Mapping U.S. Agriculture click here
- Nicaragua: Sustainable agriculture click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USDA launches website to help landowners manage climate change risk click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: How California is turning drainage canals back to rivers click here
DROUGHTS
- Israel to help California combat worst drought in history following losses of $2.2 billion click here
- USA: NASA tool to identify drought-resilient plants click here
- Drought drives 42 per cent crash in crop production in Sri Lanka click here
FLOODS
- India: Kashmir farmers' harvest battered by floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- ADRA, USAID partnership to implement food security program in Madagascar click here
- Ecuador offers Qatar help in food security click here
IRRIGATION
- Philippine: Cateel Irrigation Dam, a model MRDP project click here
- Indian micro irrigation system market dominated by Jain Irrigation Systems, boosted by US app, Rainmaker click here
- India: Telangana to restore 9,000 irrigation tanks click here
- India: Farmers encouraged to use solar power for irrigation click here
- Sri Lanka government is to allocate 15,000 million rupees for irrigation projects: Budget 2015 click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- FAO planning to address water shortage problem in Iran click here
- New UK-China partnership for water resources research click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Article: Advances in Chinese Agriculture and its Global Implications click here
News Update October 2014 • Thursday, 2014-October-30 
Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture
- WatSave Awards 2015 – Call for Nominations
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Role of Irrigation on Poverty Alleviation and Livelihoods
- Gwangju Statement Issued at 22nd ICID Congress, Gwangju, 2014
- Life Membership opportunity for Direct Members
- Working Groups to meet through Video Conferencing
- Stockholm Water Week 2014
- Water, Food and Energy in the 21st Century
- South Asia Regional Consultations –WWF7
- Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in Monsoon Asia
- Reforms in Management of Public Irrigation System
- E-Learning course ‘Water Footprint Assessment: Concept and Application’
- India Water Week (IWW) - 2015
- Hearty welcome to Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Tajikistan
- News from ICID National Committees
- AFEID (France), CNCID (China), IRCID (Ireland) , IRNCID (Iran), MALCID (Malawi), MANCID (Malaysia), NETHCID (The Netherlands)
- THACID (Thailand)
THA 2015 International Conference on “Climate Change and Water & Environmental Management in Monsoon Asia” will be held from 28 to 30 January 2015 at Bangkok, Thailand.
- Forthcoming Events
click hereICID e-Bulletin 27 October 2014 • Tuesday, 2014-October-28 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- USDA Awards $18 million in small business research grants supporting agricultural research and development click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Drought and climate change in the horn of Africa require responsibility and resilience click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Woodbury County nears decision to kill drainage improvement plan click here
DROUGHTS
- USA: Mixed conclusions on cause of 2013 drought click here
FLOODS
- USA: Front Range slopes slid in record numbers during 2013 floods click here
- U.S. floods, droughts and global warming: Another Wardrobe failure click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Azerbaijan starts work on food security click here
- African countries import $25bn worth of food yearly –AfDB President click here
- Venezuela fails to meet food security criteria click here
- Zimbabwe farmers playing key role in achieving food security click here
IRRIGATION
- Rwanda: Irrigation will revitalise Rwanda's agriculture click here
- Kenya: Sh220 million irrigation project for Tharaka click here
- Irrigation expansion to support Algeria’s agricultural output click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Japan supports Malawi’s water management programme click here
- Asian ministers discuss how to tackle freshwater shortage click here
- Nepal, India agree on proper utilisation of water resources click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Chambers, Judith A., et al., 2014, GM agricultural technologies for Africa: A state of affairs, International Food Policy Research Institute/African Development Bank. click here
ICID e-Bulletin, 13 October 2014 • Friday, 2014-October-17 Managing water for sustainable agriculture
AGRICULTURE
- The Amish farmers reinventing organic agriculture click here
- USA: Funds to support community supported agriculture farms click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
- USA: How scientists linked the California drought to climate change click here
DRAINAGE
- USA: Kentucky farmer looks at controlled drainage to improve corn fields, yields click here
DROUGHTS
- Climate change causes long droughts in New Zealand; Economy loses $1.3 billion click here
- USA: Drought plays out differently in various regions of California click here
FLOODS
- USA: Scientists reject climate change link to Colorado floods click here
FOOD SECURITY
- Without national strategy, local food producers struggle to stem Canada’s growing hunger problem click here
- Sierra Leone News: FAO launches its first rapid assessment on food security click here
- Food security successes earn World Food Prize click here
IRRIGATION
- Nigeria embarks on irrigation to boost rice, sugar cane farming click here
- USA: Effective irrigation: Getting water to crops when they’re thirstiest click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Central Asian States are world’s leading water wasters click here
- Asian Development Bank to develop water resources strategy for Azerbaijan click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Susanne M. Scheierling, et al., 2014, How to assess agricultural water productivity? Looking for water in the agricultural productivity and efficiency literature, World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper 6982 click here
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