Schoolchildren touch an electronic globe to learn about the rise in sea levels caused by global warming in Tokyo. There are numerous lessons countries in Asia can learn from Japan, including public awareness and education for disaster prevention.
AGRICULTURE
Child labour in agriculture is on the rise, driven by conflict and disasters: FAO
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World Bank promotes agricultural risk management to benefit most vulnerable producers
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change could lead to major crop failures in world’s biggest corn regions
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Japan’s climate change preparedness an example for Asian countries
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Climate change has fish migrating faster than regulations can keep up
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DROUGHTS
Building underground greenhouses ‘Walipinis’ to avoid drought
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Israel to top up Sea of Galilee after years of drought
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FLOODS
Over one lakh people affected in first wave of flood in Assam: India
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FOOD SECURITY
Canada publishes final food safety regulations
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South Africa’s metrology institute reports successful food safety conference
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IRRIGATION
Punjab govt encouraging drip irrigation to tackle water scarcity: India
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Myanmar to construct national water resources committee headquarters with World Bank support
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Groundwater overpumping boosts arsenic in California aquifer
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned, November 2017
The Egyptian National Committee for Irrigation and Drainage (ENCID) has launched a new book titled 'Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned.' ...... Encid@link.net
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