ICID e-Bulletin 15 JULY 2019 Thursday, 2019-July-18 AGRICULTURE

- Food and Agriculture Business Principles Flyer
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- Global agricultural demand projected to grow 15% over next decade
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- Organic farming gets all the hype, but it doesn't feed the world
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CLIMATE CHANGE

- UN chief urges action to avert climate change 'catastrophe'
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- Addressing the uncertainties of climate change
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- Keeping cool in the face of climate change
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DROUGHTS

- Butterfly Effect: South American Drought Linked to Climate Event in Indian Ocean
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- Measures taken as over 60 percent of Czech Republic hit by extreme drought
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- Mapping of Global crop production losses due to droughts
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FLOODS

- After Brutal Spring Floods, U.S. Farmers Face Big Losses
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- High tide floods Dhalchar union in Bhola
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- East China province activates emergency response for floods
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FOOD SECURITY

- Boosting food security amid biting land scarcity: Lessons for Kenya from Singapore
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- South Sudan and UNIDO partner to enhance food security
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- Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide
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IRRIGATION

- As rains falter, water harvesting quenches Nepal's thirst for irrigation
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- New Sweden Irrigation District completes $1 million head gate project
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- Solving Your Most Common Irrigation Problems
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

- Namibia, Angola Discuss Water Use
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- National average of per capita water availability reducing due to increase in population: Govt
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- Water Debacle and the Human Being
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Upcoming Events
- 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) and 70th International Executive Council Meeting, 1-7 September 2019, Bali, Indonesia
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- International conference on Agriculture and Food Sustainability September 02-03, 2019 Rome, Italy
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- Water and Society 2019: 5th International Conference on Water and Society, 2 - 4 October click here
- 3rd Annual Congress on Soil, Plant and Water Sciences, 11-12 November 2019, Madrid, Spain click here
- 11th Agrovision (National Expo, Conferences & Workshops) 22-25 November, 2019 Reshimbhag Ground, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. click here
- The International Conference on: Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA), 1-3 December 2019, Cairo, Egypt. click here
- 5th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID), 16-19 March 2020, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Water Pollution 2020: 15th International Conference on Monitoring, Modelling and Management of Water Pollution, 13-15 May 2020, Valencia, Spain. click here
ICID e-Bulletin 03 June 2019 Friday, 2019-June-07
AGRICULTURE

- India Agriculture Sector Report 2019/2023
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- Technology goes to the field
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- New research on sustainable agriculture shows why farmers adopt or dismiss nontoxic farming methods
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- Time to make smart shift with startups to find new solutions for agriculture
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- State agriculture dept advises farmers to prepare for delayed monsoon
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CLIMATE CHANGE

- How Climate Change May Affect the Plants in Your Yard
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- No more climate change: it's now a crisis
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- What’s Wrong with the Way We Communicate Climate Change?
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- To stay ahead of climate change, cities need to act now
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DROUGHTS

- Staring at drought, Maharashtra weighs artificial rain option
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- 5 droughts that changed human history
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- Southeast Alaska experiencing first recorded extreme drought
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- As drought persists, Australia restricts water use in populous state
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- Operationalizing an Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Early Warning System in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region
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FLOODS

- Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Flooding Maps and Update After Deadly Storms Pummel Central States
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- Three days of bad weather and thunderstorms expected in Hong Kong as floods hit New Territories
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- Administration Gears up as 30,000 People Remain Affected in Flood-hit Assam
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FOOD SECURITY

- Drought Leaves 2 Million Food Insecure in Angola
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- Food Security: NSDC Boss Calls for Adoption of Bio-Technology
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- UN habitat assembly must address food security concerns
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- It’s World Hunger Day. Here’s why so many people still suffer from malnutrition
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IRRIGATION

- Global Automatic Irrigation Equipment Market Analysis, Size, Regional Outlook, Share, Trend, Growth, Analysis and Forecast Report 2025
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- Domoguen: Solar-powered irrigation, a game changer for poor upland communities in Abra
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- Call for ideas to tackle irrigation water loss
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

- Government must prioritise on conserving water
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- Freshwater ecosystems
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- Water management in Bangladesh
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- UN World Water Development Report 2019: global water demand to continue increasing about 1 percent per year until 2050
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Upcoming Events
- LuWQ2019 – International Conference on Land Use and Water Quality: Agriculture and the Environment, 3-6 June Aarhus, Denmark
- 12th World Congress on Plant Biotechnology & Agriculture, June 12-13, 2019 Panorama Hotel Prague, Milevská 7, 140 63 Praha 4, Czechia. Theme: Exceeding The Vision Towards a Sustainable Agriculture
- FLOWPATH 2019 - Groundwater flow and resource management. 12-14 June 2019 Milano, Italy
- “Rethinking Water” Water Leaders Summit 2019, June 26 - 27 |Milwaukee, WI USA
- International Conference on Conservation Agriculture & Soil Tillage, June 28-29, 2019 Stockholm | Sweden - Theme: Exploring new methods towards sustainable agriculture.
- 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) and 70th International Executive Council Meeting, 1-7 September 2019, Bali, Indonesia. Theme: Development for water, food and nutrition security in a competitive environment.
- International conference on Agriculture and Food Sustainability, September 02-03, 2019 Rome, Italy. Theme: Together Towards Tomorrow on Food Sustainability.
- 11th Agrovision (National Expo, Conferences & Workshops) 22-25 November, 2019, Reshimbhag Ground, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
- 5th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID), 16-19 March 2020, Marrakech, Morocco. Theme: Sustainable Management of irrigation for improved resilience of agriculture in Africa.
- Roorkee Water Conclave, 26-28 February 2020. Contact: Organising Committee, Roorkee Water Conclave, Department of Water Resources Development & Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttarakhand, India.
- 24th ICID International Congress & 71st IEC Meeting, 22-28 September 2020, Sydney, Australia. Theme: Innovation and Research in Agriculture Water Management to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
ICID News Update May Issue 2019 Friday, 2019-May-17
- From Secretary General’s Desk
- First Management Board Meeting (1/2019) held in Rabat, Morocco / 12 April 2019
- ICID, CSIRO organize training workshop on Basin Futures in New Delhi, India / 8-12 April 2019
- Earth Day Network observes International Earth Day - Protect our Species / 22 April 2019
- First International Young Professionals Training Program (YP-TP) held in Korea / 22-26 April 2019
- Meeting with the First Secretary, Deputy Ambassador at Embassy of Uzbekistan, New Delhi, India / 12 April 2019
- Global Launch of UN Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028) at FAO, Rome, Italy/ 27-29 May 2019
- IYPeF Fourth e-Discussion held on “Flood management in agriculture” / 15-30 April 2019
- Workshop on Latest Trends in Inspection & Investigations of Dams / 30-31 May 2019
- Don’t miss the event : Landscape Irrigation Conference and Exhibition, Queensland Australia / 18-20 June 2019
- Latest Publications: (i) Water Governance and Management in India; Issues and Perspectives, Volume 1; (ii) Inter-Basin Water Transfer: Case Studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China and India
- 2019 NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN : ICID WatSave Awards & Recognition of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) / Last date to apply 30 June 2019
- Roorkee Water Conclave 2020 / 26-28 February 2020
- Now Available: Irrigation and Drainage (Volume 68.2)
- Short course on Water Security 2019, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom / 24-28 June 2019
- News Buzz: ICID National Committees
- Events Corner
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