International Convention on Agricultural Engineering, Las Dunas Hotel, Santa Maria Key, Villa Clara Province, Cuba, 22-25 March 2016. Contact : Dr. C. Aymara Garcia Lópaz. E-mail : directorainvest@iagric.cu
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
13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 3-6 March 2017. E-mail : irncid@gmail.com click here
68th IEC and 23rd ICID 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
AGRICULTURE
Zambia: Government to transform agriculture click here
CLIMATE CHANGE
NASA: Climate change threatens to destroy the world’s lakes click here
DRAINAGE
USA: Farmers look to alternative land uses click here
DROUGHTS
Ethiopia hit by the worst drought in decades
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FLOODS
India: Floods, drought ruin grape crop in Karnataka
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Paris Agreement: food security is priority
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FAO issues food security alert for southern Africa click here
Russia looks to provide food security to Pacific Rim countries
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The unintended casualty of climate change debate – global food security
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El Niño worsens food crisis in Eastern Africa: UN
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IRRIGATION
World Bank to commit $500m to Northern Nigeria’s irrigation projects
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
India: Maharashtra plans to revive traditional water resources
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World Bank approves Pakistan loan for energy, water, and climate
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Rieu-Clarke, A., Moynihan, A. and Magsig, B.-O. 2015. Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: International law, policy guidelines and best practice application. WWAP. Paris, UNESCO.
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