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20 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
Climate science seeks solutions for agriculture in warming world
16 January 2025
The sector clearly needs to transition to more sustainable means of food production, consumption, and disposal to support global emissions reductions.
'A new wildfire paradigm': Why California fires are growing larger and more destructive
18 January 2025
Since 2014, the 10-year average number of acres burned by wildfires each year in California roughly doubled, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Global GDP could be halved without urgent action on climate change, report warns
17 January 2025
People are already impacted by food system shocks, water insecurity, heat stress and infectious diseases. If unchecked, mass mortality, mass displacement, severe economic contraction and conflict become more likely.
Planet-warming gas levels rose more than ever in 2024
17 January 2025
Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year, scientists say, leaving a key global climate target hanging by a thread.
Is climate change increasing the risk of disasters?
14 January 2025
From deadly wildfires in California to devastating floods in North Carolina, disasters have wreaked havoc across the US over the past year, the world’s hottest on record.
Heatwaves & fires rampant as world leaders struggle to contain climatic fluctuations
16 January 2025
2025 has started off on a harsh note for Australia as heatwaves have swept across parts of the country with soaring temperatures predicted across Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney in the following days.
Three-Quarters of the World’s Land Is Drying Out, “Redefining Life on Earth”
13 January 2025
Drylands, or arid areas where water is hard to come by, now make up more than 40 percent of the planet (excluding Antarctica), a likely permanent consequence of climate change, according to a landmark report by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, or UNCCD.
Tropical cyclone prompts closure of ports in Western Australia's Pilbara region
19 January 2025
Western Australia's ports of Dampier, Ashburton, Varanus Island, and Cape Preston West were shut, the ports' operator said on Sunday, as tropical cyclone Sean developed off the state's vast Pilbara iron ore region.
Cyclone-battered region sees storm Dikeledi leave Mayotte for Mozambique
13 January 2025
Tropical storm Dikeledi barreled towards Mozambique on Monday after leaving three dead in Madagascar and triggering floods in the French territory of Mayotte, less than a month after the cyclone-battered region was hit by Chido.
4 ways partnerships can tackle food security in Africa
19 January 2025
Land degradation and climate change in Africa are threatening agricultural production and food security for its growing population.
New report highlights critical food system trends and challenges in countdown to 2030
14 January 2025
A groundbreaking new study, “Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030”, published today in Nature Food, presents the first comprehensive analysis of change since 2000 in key food system indicators.
Weir dams bring hope to rural communities struggling with water scarcity
10 January 2025
Rural communities in Zimbabwe have long grappled with the challenge of accessing reliable water sources. An initiative led by FAO is working to alleviate this crisis through the construction of strategic weir dams.
Counteracting greenhouse gas and aerosol influences intensify global water seasonality over the past century
18 January 2025
A recent study has reported a substantial seasonal variation of streamflow across the mid-to-high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere using the similar detection and attribution method. These studies provide evidence of the impacts of anthropogenic factors on hydroclimatic changes and their extremes.
NASA scientists find new human-caused shifts in global water cycle
16 January 2025
The study results suggest that Earth system models used to simulate the future global water cycle should evolve to integrate the ongoing effects of human activities.
The Role of Digital and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Climate Change Mitigation: A Systematic Mapping Protocol for South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate-smart agriculture is a key global policy priority due to its potential to support climate change adaptation, mitigation, and food security through innovative practices and technologies. Recent advancements in digital agriculture technologies, such as precision agriculture and data analytics, are enabling its implementation. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/9c71917c-35db-4501-aaeb-6b0b58567b54
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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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.>.
[ Compiled and Edited by: Ms. Kalpana Adhikari, and Mr. Anurag Mamgain ]
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Tel : +91-11-26116837, +91-11-26115679; Fax : +91-11-26115962
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