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
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
ADB to help Afghanistan revive agriculture sector
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Transforming African agriculture to reduce poverty
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Chinese drone maker plows into agriculture
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Managing the politics of climate change
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Climate change threatening food security in Nigeria – Buhari
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DRAINAGE
Canada: Manitoba toughens up on wetland drainage
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DROUGHTS
Central America tests drought-resistant 'miracle' beans
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South Africa grapples with worst drought in 30 years
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FLOODS
India: Relief, rescue efforts intensify in Chennai floods
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FOOD SECURITY
USDA report warns climate change may impede food security
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FAO: Surge in climate change-related disasters poses growing threat to food security
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IRRIGATION
Ethiopia: Irrigation activities restoring hope in drought affected Raya-Kobo
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India: Maharashtra needs to invest Rs1.35 trillion in irrigation to beat drought.
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Water resources management: Cabinet approves MoU between India, Israel
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Philippine: MWSS set to award P24.4-B Bulacan water project
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Africa: Netherlands donates US$7 million to improve water management in Near East and Africa
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Azerbaijan, Georgia solving problems in use of Kur’s water resources
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Winsemius, Hessel C.; et al., 2015. Disaster risk, climate change, and poverty: Assessing the global exposure of poor people to floods and droughts. Policy Research Working Paper No. WPS 7480.. World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
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