IWMI Call for Abstracts for Special Issue of ICID Journal ‘Irrigation and Drainage’The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) invites abstracts for IWIM’s Special Issue of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Journal ‘Irrigation and Drainage.’ The theme for the special issue is: ‘Achieving Climate Resilience through Improved Irrigation Water Management from Farms to Basin Scale. The deadline for submission of the ‘Abstract’ is: 20 June 2020. For details,
please contact: IWMI-SI.ICID@cgiar.org
ICID Watsave Awards and Recognition of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS)
From this year onwards, ONLY ONLINE NOMINATION FORM SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED at
https://icidevents.org/awards
ICID's Important Events Postponed
The 24th ICID Congress and 72nd IEC Meeting
The 71st IEC Meeting and the 5th ARC
The 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC)
AGRICULTURE
- FAO Director-General appeals to donors to scale up response and ease the plight of farmers and fishers in Yemen
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- 6 Forces Rewriting the Rulebook for Global Agriculture
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- Tech overhaul to lead Bangladesh’s agriculture to the future
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CLIMATE CHANGE
- UN Synergies Webinar Explores Climate-Health-Growth Nexus
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- On World Oceans Day, SDGs reminds us of Ocean’s Role in our Planetary Ecosystem
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- Nature is our Greatest Source of Health and Well-Being
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DROUGHTS
- US south-west in grip of historic 'megadrought'
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- Massive drought strikes north China's Inner Mongolia
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- Climate crisis: Historic megadrought driven by global warming ‘already impacting western US and Mexico’, study warns
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FLOODS
- Rain pounds B.C.’s southeast
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- Yemen – Deadly Floods in Central and Eastern Governorates
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- India – Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga Makes Landfall in Maharashtra
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FOOD SECURITY
- Rice in the Desert: Pandemic Spurs UAE to Grow More Food
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- How the pandemic could be making it harder to get food from farm to plate
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- Carabao center launches food security, livelihood programs in Nueva Ecija
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IRRIGATION
- IoT Water Sensors: Improving Water Quality Management In Agriculture
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- Can brackish water be used for potato irrigation?
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- Aerating Drip Irrigation Water: Assessing Agronomics And Economics
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Sri Lanka- Integrated Watershed and Water Resources Management Project
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- Coronavirus advice highlights Asia's terrible water scarcity
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- Virtual water and trade: lightening water footprints
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Upcoming Events
IWMI Launches Webinar Series on Farmer-Led Irrigation Development
Irrigation Association cancels Irrigation Show and Education Week for 2020
6th IWA International Symposium on Water, Wastewater and Environment in Ancient Civilizations: Traditions and Cultures 8-10 September 2020
2022 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)
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