13th International Drainage Workshop, on the theme ‘Drainage and Environmental Sustainability’, Ahwaz, Iran, 4-7 March 2017. www.irncid.org; E-mail: irncid@gmail.com
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
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Russia, Israel eye cooperation in hi-tech agriculture click here
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CLIMATE CHANGE
The World’s Food Supply is Made Insecure by Climate Change
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DRAINAGE
USA: Secretaries of Agriculture, Natural Resources submit report on drainage
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DROUGHTS
El Nino blamed for doubling of major droughts in 2015: UN official
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Peru prepares for southern droughts with 100 tons of seeds
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Drought may affect 49 million in southern Africa: WFP
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FLOODS
Argentina declares flood emergency in six key farm provinces
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FOOD SECURITY
Improved agricultural statistics needed in Asia-Pacific for future food security, FAO says
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Food security crisis will be felt globally by 2050, say experts
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IRRIGATION
Africa: Improved irrigation backed to halve food gap
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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Sudan: Water Resources and JAICA sign agreement on water management
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Iran, Algeria to found joint water company click here
Over half world's population in severe water scarcity, study click here
LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Imataa Mukenani Akayombokwa, Barbara van Koppen and Mampiti Matete, 2015, Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in Southern Africa - Country Report Zambia, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pretoria, South Africa.
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