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ICID Events

14th International Drainage Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 30 May - 1 June 2024 
Theme: Modernization of Irrigation and Drainage Systems for Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Development.
Contact:  Dr. Bahrom Gaforzoda, Secretary, Tajikistan National Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (TajNCID), Gbahrom_75@mal.ru For more information please visit the link https://tajncid.tj/    
 
75th International Executive Council Meeting and 9th Asian Regional Conference (AsRC), Sydney, Australia; 01 - 07, September 2024
Theme: Irrigation’s role in delivering economically viable food security and sustainable urban green spaces in an increasingly unpredictable climate
Contact: David Cameron; dave.cameron@irrigation.org.au Website: https://irrigationconference2024.com.au/  
 
Irrigation Australia is thrilled to announce the southern hemisphere's premier water event, incorporating the 9th Asian Regional Conference for Irrigation and Drainage, the 75th International Executive Council meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage and 2024 Irrigation Australia Conference and Exhibition.

Act swiftly to secure your spot at this premier event, as early bird registrations will soon be available, offering discounted rates for a limited time only.

The Irrigation Australia Exhibition Prospectus and Sponsorship Prospectus for 2024 has been released, offering unparalleled exposure, networking, and business expansion opportunities. Act now to secure your place!

The conference promises a rich program with presenters from around the globe, and a structure designed to maximise interaction. Around 100 exhibitors will showcase the most innovative products and services currently available on the market. We are confident that delegates from across the industry will return home with new connections, new friends, and new ideas to try in their own regions, wherever they may be.

To stay updated on the event and secure your participation, keep an eye on the official event website. By joining this event in Sydney, Australia, you can seize the opportunity to establish valuable partnerships, generate leads, and leave a lasting impact on the future of irrigation.

Stay tuned for further details on early bird registration and how to capitalise on these exclusive opportunities to elevate your brand, expand your network, and drive sales success.
 
6th African Regional Conference, Abuja, Nigeria, 14-15 April 2025  
Theme:  “Tackling Irrigation Development and Water Management Crisis in Africa.”   
 
76th IEC Meeting & 4th World Irrigation Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-13 September 2025
Theme: Challenges and Future Needs in Modernization of Irrigation for Food Security and Sustainability; Contact: mancidmalaysia@gmail.com, mancid.org@gmail.com   
 
11th International Micro Irrigation Conference,  Baghdad, Iraq, 2025
 
77th IEC & 26th ICID Congress, Marseille, France, 12-18 October 2026
Theme: “Agriculture and climate change: stakes and levers for irrigation and drainage.”  
 
78th IEC & 5th World Irrigation Forum (WIF5), at Guoce International Conference & Exhibition Center, Beijing, China, 2027  
 
Other Events
 
Global Water Summit, 15th - 17th April 2024, London, Uk, https://www.watermeetsmoney.com/  
 
4th International Baghdad Water Conference
Theme - Towards a Better Water Future: Together We Can, Apr 27, 2024 - Apr 29, 2024; Baghdad, Iraq. https://baghdad-iwc.com/  
 
10th World Water Forum, 18th - 24th May 2024 - The World Water Forum is the largest international gathering in the water sector involving various stakeholders, which has been co-hosted by the World Water Council and a host city. The Forum is held every three years and has been taking place since 1997. The World Water Forum includes a three-year preparation phase (preparatory phase), a one-week event (event phase), and a presentation of the results (synthesis phase) with ongoing support for collective action. https://worldwaterforum.org/
 
8th India Water Week, Sep 17 - 21, 2024, New Delhi, India
Theme
- Partnerships and Cooperation for Inclusive Water Development and Management
Email : connect@indiawaterweek.in, Website : https://iww.icidevents.org/ Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Wastewater Reuse (REUSE EUROMED 2024), October 29-31, 2024, Montpellier, France - The conference will bring together researchers, water professionals, policy makers and experts on the theme of wastewater reuse.The conference is co-organized by AFEID, the INRAE ​​REUSE Network and the Water, Agriculture and Climate Change Partnership Chair. For more information please visit the link: https://reuse2024.sciencesconf.org/ 

  
 
 
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Water, as the key natural resource, is fundamental to all economic, social and environmental development processes. Thus, efficient water resources management is essential for achieving poverty reduction through sustainable water management in irrigated agriculture. Proper irrigation systems can secure uninterrupted agriculture. Irrigation schemes play a key role in assuring timely and adequate agricultural water supply apart from other benefits. ICID has taken an initiative to document development of irrigation in the World through irrigation schemes. The register will fulfil a much-awaited global repository of information in the systematic irrigation and agricultural water management.  the register is being implementing as a collaborative effort of National Committees of ICID and other interested entities dealing with irrigation and drainage. Please Visit


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The Commission thrives on its worldwide network of experts from multifarious disciplines from 70 countries, who came together in the interest of global water management. All are members contribute to this higher cause by offering their voluntary services. 

Currently, there are two different kinds of membership categories; National Committees and Direct Members.  National Committees (NC) represent their countries mostly through their government departments responsible for irrigation, drainage or agricultural water management. 


Companies, institutions, and individuals can also participate in ICID activities through their respective NCs or as Direct Members (DM). Professionals, individuals and officers of a government or of an institution or institutions - government and non-government; and companies, effectively representing interests within the scope of the objects of the Commission can participate in ICID activities through Direct Membership, to further the objects of the Commission in their countries or sovereign areas.


In the course of our activities and events conducted throughout the world, we associate with many different kinds of NGOs, national governments, researchers, corporate sectors, civil society organizations, and individuals. They are not necessarily members of ICID network but our associates and an important part of ICID fraternity.. For more details, please visit: https://icid-ciid.org/view_page/2



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International Day of Potato
12 March 2024
Potatoes are a key crop across diverse farming systems globally, ranging from smallholders producing diverse heirloom varieties by hand in the Andes, to vast commercial, mechanized farms in different continents. 

 


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Australia to miss 2030 climate goal by couple years, Oxford says
18 March 2024
Australia’s carbon emissions aren’t dropping fast enough to reach its 2030 climate target, Oxford Economics said, as the rollout of renewable energy takes longer than initially anticipated.
 
Study charts indirect economic losses due to climate change-induced supply disruptions, calls for collaboration
14 March 2024
The country’s ferrous metals industry could suffer the most substantial loss in 2060, followed by the non-metallic manufacturing industry. The other vulnerable sectors include construction, crop farming as well as vegetables, fruit, and nuts.
 
Climate change is bad for your health, wherever you are
13 March 2024
Extreme heat kills roughly half a million people worldwide each year, but at the current rate of global warming it could be close to five times as deadly by 2050. 

 
 
Drought, disruption and climate disaster
14 March 2024
The world economy has become dependent upon fragile supply chains, and global heating is making these crucial resources even more vulnerable.
 
Global supply chains amplify economic costs of future extreme heat risk
13 March 2024
Evidence shows a continuing increase in the frequency and severity of global heatwaves raising concerns about the future impacts of climate change and the associated socioeconomic costs.
 
World in ‘unknown territory’ after heat records, says head of UN’s climate body
13 March 2024
It is believed to have contributed to the rise in average global temperatures by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels over a 12-month period for the first time.

   
 
Weather tracker: Indonesia floods cause landslides and disruption to transport
15 March 2024
Heavy rainfall linked to low-pressure system hits south of Java with flood depths of up to 80cm in Semarang.

    
 
 
Scaling sustainable food production in face of climate change is the defining challenge of our times
13 March 2024
Localised and climate-smart agriculture can help preserve agrobiodiversity and reshape the larger narrative of responsible food production.
 
Future of Taste: How does our food choices affect climate change?
11 March 2024
As the world prepares itself to be climate-responsible, we need to reset the connection between food and livelihood, nutrition and nature. 

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Researchers create global maps to show changes in irrigation across the planet
11 March 2024
Of all the ways that humans consume water, there is no practice that uses more water than irrigation, which accounts for more than 90% of humanity's water consumption.
 
Half of twenty-first century global irrigation expansion has been in water-stressed regions
8 March 2024
The expansion of irrigated agriculture has increased global crop production but resulted in widespread stress on freshwater resources. 

 
 
 
Greenland Ice Sheet motion minimally impacted by late-season melting, study finds
17 March 2024
Ice melting has become an ever-pressing concern in recent decades as climate change has brought evocative images of lone polar bears floating on unsustainable small blocks of sea ice. 
 
Asia-Pacific nations need cooperation to protect forest, water resources
17 March 2024
Transboundary water resources add a layer of complexity to the water scarcity challenges, with over 780 million people depending on transboundary rivers in the Asia-Pacific region.
 
Bengaluru: Water crisis shakes India’s Silicon Valley
15 March 2024
In India's Bengaluru city thousands of people have been chasing tankers, taking fewer showers and sometimes missing work to store enough water to get through the day.
 
Global Water Crisis: Why the world urgently needs water-wise solutions
12 March 2024
The United Nations predicts that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity. With the existing climate change scenario, almost half the world’s population will be living in areas of high water stress by 2030. 


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ICID Publication - Historical Water Sustainability, 2023

The latest data from WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (August 2023) show that 25 countries housing one-quarter of the global population face extremely high water stress each year, regularly using up almost their entire available water supply. And at least 50% of the world’s population around 4 billion people live under highly water-stressed conditions for at least one month of the year. https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/HWS-ePublication.pdf

 

Paper published on "Misconceptions and misunderstandings in agricultural water management: Time for revisiting, reflection and rethinking" by ICID Hon. President Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab. https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/PH_Ragab%20Research%20Article2024.pdf

 

ICID Publication - Compendium World Heritage Irrigation Structures (2014-2022)

Since the dawn of human civilization water has been an enabler of societal development so much so that we started believing “Water is Life,” a common phrase in most languages. And, life is multi-dimensional involving not only a physical aspect but also economic, social, cultural, political, religious, and spiritual concepts.

https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/WHISCompendium-ePublication.pdf 

 

ICID Publication - Water-Saving in Agriculture - A Roadmap to ICID Vision 2030

This publication is in a way to celebrate the 7-decade existence and relevance of ICID which started with a handful of members and has grown to represent more than 90% of the world irrigated area.

https://www.icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/Watsave_eBook2022_comp.pdf


Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review

Climate litigation represents a frontier solution to change the dynamics of the fight against climate change. This Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review shows that people are increasingly turning to the courts to combat the climate crisis. As of December 2022, there have been 2,180 climate-related cases filed in 65 jurisdictions, including international and regional courts, tribunals, quasi-judicial bodies, or other adjudicatory bodies, such as Special Procedures at the United Nations and arbitration tribunals. https://www.unep.org/resources/report/global-climate-litigation-report-2023-status-review

 

Climate Crossroads: Fiscal Policies in a Warming World - The report takes stock of mitigation policies across countries and presents the trilemma facing policymakers of balancing between achieving climate goals, debt sustainability, and political feasibility. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/FM/Issues/2023/10/10/fiscal-monitor-october-2023

Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report - The much-anticipated Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report is based on years of work by hundreds of scientists during the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment cycle which began in 2015. https://www.unep.org/resources/report/climate-change-2023-synthesis-report

 
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE - THE JOURNAL OF ICID
Articles available via complimentary online access @ https://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ird
 
ICID e-Bulletin is a weekly compilation of news items on ICID-related issues in the domain of Agriculture, Climate Change, Droughts, Floods, Food Security, Irrigation, and Water Resources Management that might be of interest to the ICID fraternity. The information contained in the BULLETIN does not purport to be exhaustive and is taken ''as it is'' from external sources and is freely available on the internet. No evaluation on the part of the ICID Central Office is being made in terms of the authenticity of the information that it may contain. ICID Central Office makes no guarantee, either express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information published. Your valuable feedback on the usefulness of the bulletin is solicited at <icid@icid.org.>.
 
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