12th International Drainage Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-26 June 2014
http://onlinereg.ru/IDW12 , E-mail: ruscid@mail.ru
22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 14-20 September 2014, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
http://www.icid2014.org
Irrigation Australia will be organizing its 2014 Irrigation Conference and Exhibition on the theme “Water for Life, Future for All” from 2nd – 6th June 2014, Australia
http://www.irrigationaustralia.com.au
International Conference on Water and Energy Interactions: Strategic challenges to territorial development and their impacts on food and health, 29-30 October, 2014, Lyon, France.
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AGRICULTURE
Kenya: Yawning food gap looms amid poor agriculture funding 23 April 2014
Australia: Agricultural research extends carbon capture depths 21 April 2014
CLIMATE CHANGE
USDA doles out $6 million for climate change studies 22 April 2014
DRAINAGE
USA: Drainage district fact of life and farming for Pike County producers
23 April 2014
DROUGHTS
El Niño is coming: here are 8 ways it will affect Australia, including a drought
24 April 2014
NASA satellites show drought may take toll on Congo rainforest
23 April 2014
Haiti’s current drought: An opportunity to build climate change resilience?
22 April 2014
FLOODS
Tajikistan: Floods Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) Operation n° MDRTJ017
18 April 2014
FOOD SECURITY
U.S. Company agricultural deals undermining food security in Latin America
23 April 2014
Self-sufficiency is bottom line for China's food security
23 April 2014
IRRIGATION
Pakistan: EU-funded solar irrigation project inaugurated in Chitral
20 April 2014
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
FAO, 2014, Report 2013: Pesticide residues in food 2013 - Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues, FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper No. 219
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
China says more than half of its groundwater is polluted
23 April 2014