6 January 2025
ICID Events
6th African Regional Conference, Abuja, Nigeria, 14-18 April 2025
Theme: “Tackling Irrigation Development and Water Management Crisis in Africa.”
11th International Micro Irrigation Conference, 27th - 29th April 2025, Baghdad, Iraq
76th IEC Meeting & 4th World Irrigation Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-13 September 2025
77th IEC Meeting & 26th ICID Congress, Marseille, France, 12-18 October 2026
Theme: “Agriculture and climate change: stakes and levers for irrigation and drainage.”
78th IEC Meeting & 5th World Irrigation Forum (WIF5), at Guoce International Conference & Exhibition Center, Beijing, China, 2027
Other Events
International Conference on Trailblazing Trends in Sustainable Climate Resilient Precision Agriculture Through Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing, January 23 - 24, 2025, Gujarat, India. For more information please visit the link https://www.ictpairs.in/index
8th Africa Agri Expo 2025- Kenya, 19 - 20 February 2025 - AAE 2025 is the premier platform connecting Africa’s flourishing agribusiness sector to the world. The expo offers an excellent opportunity for agribusinesses and professionals to expand into Africa’s rapidly growing sector, which is projected to reach US$1 trillion by 2030. For more information please click the link: https://africa-agriexpo.com/about.html
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
Invitation to Join ICID Membership
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
FAO launches first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years
11 December 2024
Excessive salinity reduces the fertility of soils and severely impacts environmental sustainability. In the countries most affected by this issue, salinity stress can lead to crops yield losses such as rice or beans of up to 70 percent.
Roadmap to COP30 - Climate Action in 2025
2 January 2025
The Forum will emphasise the critical need to mobilise and align financial resources within Europe’s sustainable finance ecosystem, facilitating a just transition in support of both Europe’s sustainability objectives and the overarching goals of COP30.
Seven proven ways to help the planet in 2025
2 January 2025
In 2024, the critical 1.5C threshold was breached for a full year for the first time, highlighting the urgent need to rapidly cut global emissions.
Climate change impacts grip globe in 2024
30 December 2024
In 2025, there will be a strong focus on the cryosphere - the frozen parts of the Earth including sea ice, ice sheets, frozen ground – as it is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, faciliated by UNESCO and WMO.
Taiwan records hottest year in 127 years amid global heat surge
1 January 2025
Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat globally in 2024, fuelling natural disasters that caused billions of dollars worth of damage.
2024 to become the hottest year on record
30 December 2024
The year 2024 is set to be the warmest on record, capping a decade of unprecedented heat fuelled by human activities, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Tropical cyclone risk for global ecosystems in a changing climate
3 January 2025
With climate change, the rapid change in frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones may alter the composition of the ecosystems themselves potentially degrading the services they provide.
Mozambique updates: Cyclone Chido triggers Government and UN joint response
31 December 2024
Almost the entire population 67,000 in Cabo Delgado’s Mecufi district requires food, shelter, healthcare, kitchen utensils, and access to clean and safe water.
Leveraging Technology for Food Security
3 January 2025
Her current project involves integrating AI technology to create a system that monitors and manages agricultural processes, from identifying plant needs to optimizing the entire value chain.
Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes
12 December 2024
Significant decreases in downstream rivers mean less water is available on the largest parts of many of the planet’s rivers, the report noted. This translates to less freshwater for people to drink, to water crops and to sustain livestock.
Investing in women: A game-changer in climate-resilient irrigation
9 December 2024
Ownership or control over land is essential for women to access resources and participate in decision-making about irrigation, but many face legal and social barriers.
Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows
5 January 2024
A team of researchers used data from thousands of ground stations and satellites to analyse real-time information on weather and water underground, in rivers and in water bodies.
Restoring small water bodies to improve lake and river water quality in China
2 January 2024
Lentic systems, including lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, and ponds, are critical resources that play a major role in global hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles. Water bodies are sensitive to land use change and anthropogenic activity and, as such, are important sentinels of global change.
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
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
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