INVITATION TO JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP OF ICID
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), established in 1950 is the leading scientific, technical and professional international organization, which focuses on irrigation, drainage, and flood management.
ICID FORTHCOMING EVENTS
5th African Regional Conference (ARC) and 72nd International Executive Council (IEC) - Theme “SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION FOR IMPROVED RESILIENCE OF AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA” to be held from 23-30 November 2021, Marrakech, Morocco.
73rd IEC Meeting & 24th ICID Congress combined with the Irrigation Australia National Conference & Exhibition to be held in Adelaide, Australia from 3 October to 10 October 2022.
Farming's voice must be heard at COP26
23 October 2021
Soils are the world’s biggest carbon sink containing three times the carbon in living plants and double that in the atmosphere. click here
Survey finds cover crop usage strong on prairies
21 October 2021
Cover cropping is a process that involves planting a crop that may not be able to be harvested conventionally but helps outcrops all the same. click here
Where can you find the world’s most sustainable coffee?
20 October 2021
Now a lab in Finland says it can grow coffee using cellular agriculture, and other companies in the US are exploring similar concepts. click here
India among 11 'countries of concern': US intel report on climate change
24 October 2021
India is among the 11 countries which have been identified by United States intelligence agencies as ‘countries of concern’ with regard to climate change. click here
Climate change: Why Australia refuses to give up coal
23 October 2021
Australia's biggest coal buyers - Japan, South Korea and China - have all pledged net zero targets by mid-century. click here
Climate change: Nature readers say their fears are growing
22 October 2021
In Paris in 2015, 196 governments agreed to limit global warming to below 2 °C, and preferably below 1.5 °C, relative to pre-industrial temperatures. click here
COP26: What is the 1.5C temperature target?
24 October 2021
Cop26 will also be focusing on areas such as ending the use of coal, moving to selling only ultra-low emissions cars, ending net deforestation, and curbing the powerful but short-lived greenhouse gas methane. click here
Droughts can protect vineyards from deadly disease
23 October 2021
According to researchers, dieback due to vine wood diseases such as esca – a disease caused by parasitic fungi for which there is no curative treatment – are responsible for the loss of five percent of vineyard surface each year. click here
Madagascar: Severe drought could spur world’s first climate change famine
21 October 2021
More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could become the first famine caused by climate change, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). click here
How technology is helping cities tackle climate disasters
24 October 2021
Flood prevention systems should combine technology with better emergency planning systems. click here
Flood risk is rising. Here's where and what can be done
19 October 2021
The World Economic Forum has created a visualization of flood impacts around the world. click here
Africa's glaciers to disappear soon; 118mn may face droughts, floods: Report
19 October 2021
The new report seizes on the shrinking glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda as symbols of the rapid and widespread changes to come. click here
How to build sustainable, healthier, more equitable food systems
20 October 2021
The Food Systems Summit Dialogues that underpinned the recent UN Food System Summit demonstrated this need for both global and national action. click here
Food security a growing issue in Nigeria
20 October 2021
A report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) earlier this year ranked Nigeria among the top three countries where acute hunger and food insecurity are set to worsen. click here
Crop diversity is needed today for tomorrow's food security and nutrition
20 October 2021
A team of 15 scientists from a wide range of research centers and universities set out 18 months ago to answer these persisting questions. click here
Study shows southeast New Mexico water gets scarcer in coming decades
22 October 2021
Farmers and ranchers in the Pecos River Basin of southeast New Mexico could be in for hotter temperatures and scarcer water in the coming years. click here
Managing water and climate risk with renewable energy
22 October 2021
Assessing the potential water and carbon savings from using more renewable energy requires a granular analysis of site-level factors, ideally guided by a company-level strategy. click here
Study shows southeast New Mexico water gets scarcer in coming decades UC davis to lead groundwater and irrigated agriculture sustainability
18 October 2021
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a $10 million grant by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to find ways to sustain irrigated agriculture. click here
Wastewater and faecal sludge reuse – to address India’s water and food security
22 October 2021
Globally, over half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas and it will be over two-thirds by 2050. click here
Half of the world is failing to manage its water resources
18 October 2021
Over half the countries across the world aren’t sustainably managing their water resources and are unlikely to be doing so by 2030, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization. click here
WMO endorses water declaration, including the water and climate coalition
18 October 2021
The resolutions reflect the top priority given to water by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in the face of growing water stress and water-related hazards, coupled with inadequate and fragmented capacity to meet the challenges. click here
This book will utilize many empirical examples of environmental cases spanning the diverse landscapes of Nepal to demonstrate how useful information GIS tools can be ineffective decision making and record keeping in such a problematic South Asian ‘developing country’, ISBN 978-3-030-50168-6
