66th IEC and 26th European Regional Conference, Montpellier, France, 11-16 October 2015. click here
4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID) on 'Agricultural Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Variability', Cairo, Egypt, 26-28 April 2016. click here
23rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 8-14 October 2017 on the theme: Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a new Green Revolution, Mexico City, Mexico, 8-14 October 2017 E-mail: cnm@mxcid.org, brobles@tlaloc.imta.mx, luis.rendon@cna.gob.mx, luis.rendon@conagua.gob.mx
USDA data shows thousands of jobs coming in agriculture industry
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Philippines: JICA backs Southern Leyte agri projects
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Internet, e-commerce modernizing agriculture sector in China
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Experts and policymakers re-imagine African agriculture in face of climate change click here
DRAINAGE
Japan: Ebara completes the renewal of Shinkawa-Kako drainage pump station
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DROUGHTS
USA: NASA satellites look at Colorado drought, flood chances
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102 Indonesian districts suffer from drought: Mitigation Agency
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Botswana tackles worst drought in 30 years
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FLOODS
Oxfam responds to devastating floods in Bangladesh and Myanmar
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Bihar is India's most flood-prone state, says institute
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FOOD SECURITY
Food Security: Egypt plans to raise crops in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Russia to provide $6 million to FAO for food security of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
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Canada to increase food security and stimulate sustainable economic growth in East Africa
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IRRIGATION
Jamaica: NIC to introduce solar power to pump irrigation water
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India: 90,000 acres land acquired for Polavaram irrigation project
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
We woke up in a desert – the water crisis taking hold across Egypt
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India set to become water scarce by 2025, government tells Parliament
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Managing grasslands, water resources in Africa
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Larson, Donald F.; Savastano, Sara; Murray, Siobhan; Palacios-Lopez, Amparo. 2015. Are women less productive farmers ? how markets and risk affect fertilizer use, productivity, and measured gender effects in Uganda. Policy Research Working Paper No. WPS 7242; Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.
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