Recognized World Heritage Irrigation Structures 2019
- Hetao Irrigation System, China
- Qianjinbei Irrigation System, China
- Abbas Abad Complex, Iran
- Baladeh Qanat and Water System, Iran
- Kurit Dam, Iran
- Qanat of Qasem Abad, Iran
- FazlAli Khan Qanat, Iran
- Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, Iran
- Berra Irrigation Plant, Italy
- Migliaro Water Diversion Gate, Italy
- Panperduto Dam, Italy
- Jukkoku-bori Irrigation System, Japan
- Minuma-Dai Irrigation System, Japan
- Kurayasu and Hyakken Rivers Irrigation and Drainage System, Japan
- Kikuchi Irrigation Systems, Japan
- Terusan Wan Mat Saman (Canal), Malaysia
- Minneriya Reservoir, Sri Lanka
- Alamo Irrigation System, United States of America
- Theodore Roosevelt Dam, United States of America
WatSave Award Winners - 2019
- James Winter and Tony Quigley (Australia - Management Category) for Trangie-Nevertire Renewal: An Irrigation Infrastructure Modernisation Success Story
- Fuqiang Tian (China - Technology Category) for Mulched drip irrigation (MDI), a recently developed surface drip irrigation method combining film coating for both saving water and labor, and increasing crop yields
- Mohammad Bijankhan, Ali Mahdavi Mazdeh, Hadi Ramezani Etedali, Fatemeh Tayebi and Narges Mehri (Iran - Young Professionals Category) for Applications of constant flow rate control valve in water-saving
- Karan Jeet Singh Chatha (India - Farmer Category) for Water Conservation by use of Sprinkler and Drip Technologies in Community-based Paddy Cultivation
Agenda for the Farmers Round Table Meeting on Strengthening Farmers Groups in Competitive Environment for Global Food Security (03 September 2019, 09.00-11.00 hrs)
- What institutional strengthening and capacity development is required for water user associations (WUAs) to play significant roles in sustainable water management?
- What cultivation technology can be adopted by smallholders’ farmers to increase agriculture productivity in a sustainable way?
- What information technology can be utilized to support farmers’ financial service and commodities marketing?
- What young farmer can contribute to optimize technology innovation in the farmer's institutional framework?
- How to promote better income for the farmers through better commodities choice (high-value crops)?
- How to make farmers group optimally beneficial to the smallholders’ farmers?
- How to improve farmers group’s role in policy formulation on sustainable agriculture and water management?
