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.
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AGRICULTURE
- Child labour in agriculture is on the rise, driven by conflict and disasters: FAO click here
- World Bank promotes agricultural risk management to benefit most vulnerable producers click here
- Climate change could lead to major crop failures in world’s biggest corn regions click here
- Japan’s climate change preparedness an example for Asian countries click here
- Climate change has fish migrating faster than regulations can keep up click here
- Building underground greenhouses ‘Walipinis’ to avoid drought click here
- Israel to top up Sea of Galilee after years of drought click here
- Over one lakh people affected in first wave of flood in Assam: India click here
- Canada publishes final food safety regulations click here
- South Africa’s metrology institute reports successful food safety conference click here
- Punjab govt encouraging drip irrigation to tackle water scarcity: India click here
- Myanmar to construct national water resources committee headquarters with World Bank support click here
- Groundwater overpumping boosts arsenic in California aquifer click here
- 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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