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.
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13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 4-7 March 2017.
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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
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CAPACITY BUILDING
Temasek Foundation Water Leadership Programme (TFWLP) - Call for Application, Singapore, 10-22 July 2016.
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AGRICULTURE
Pakistan needs to increase agriculture production: US official
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Australia sees agriculture output boost as El Nino fades
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change, dams, deforestation a vicious cycle for Amazon Rivers, lakes
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DRAINAGE
USA: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Opens Distribution Centre in Florida
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DROUGHTS
Zimbabwe: Govt in irrigation drive to mitigate drought
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Syria’s drought has likely been the worst in 900 years
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USA: Drought in Colorado River Basin best explained by temperatures
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FLOODS
Droughts, floods, dying forests: New climate extremes for Canada in 2050
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FOOD SECURITY
FAO official hails UAE's food security model
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India, Africa are key partners in global food security
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IRRIGATION
Hapoalim leads $200m finance for Netafim project in Ethiopia
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Philippines - DBM releases P12.3 billion in irrigation funds
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Southern Africa's water resources depleting at an alarming rate
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NASA data used to track groundwater in Pakistan click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Fuchs Tarlovsky, Alan; Wolff, Hendrik. 2016. Drought and retribution: evidence from a large-scale rainfall-indexed insurance program in Mexico. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 7565. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. click here
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