(World rice production is expected to decline for the first time this year since 2010, as failing rains linked to an El Nino weather pattern cut crop yields in Asias rice bowl.)
AGRICULTURE
Economic challenges of U.S. agriculture click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
World Bank: The way climate change is really going to hurt us is through water click here
World is experiencing a ‘dangerous level of climate change’ click here
DRAINAGE
Invercargill storm water drainage systems below New Zealand standards click here
DROUGHTS
East Africa bloc mulls strategies to improve drought management click here
Droughts threaten to cut Asia's rice output click here
Botswana: Recurring droughts affect farming click here
UN agency: El Nino droughts may get even worse click here
FLOODS
India: Nearly one lakh people affected by floods in Assam click here
UN says North Korea food security worsening click here
FOOD SECURITY
Food security fears rise as Asia’s top rice producers suffer from drought click here
IRRIGATION
FAO provides drip irrigation kits to RUBADA click here
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Ethiopia: Institute looks for skilled human power to tap water resource click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Sylvester, G., 2016, Use of mobile phones by the rural poor - Gender perspectives from selected Asian countries, FAO, IDRC and LIRNEasia, Bangkok. click here
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