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24 February 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
2026 ASABE Global Symposium on sustainable Micro-irrigation (MI) advances in academia, research, industry and outreach - drop to boom: Land, water, energy, climate & food securities" 11-17 January, 2026 at Punta Borinquen Resort, Aguadilla - Puerto Rico - USA". More details appear at
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
Digital Agriculture: Bridging the Tech Gap in African Farming
20 February 2025
This digital divide is further complicated by infrastructure challenges, with approximately 50% of communities lacking reliable access to electricity.
2025 is not “another year” for agriculture in the Asia-Pacific region
20 February 2025
In Mongolia, an assessment looked at the adaptive potential of fruit and berry trees to natural and regional climate risk conditions. The assessment recommended training for berry growers, improving transportation and storage facilities, and investing in infrastructure for processing and production.
World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded
19 February 2025
The study combined more than 230 regional estimates from 35 research teams around the world, making scientists even more confident about exactly how fast glaciers are melting, and how they will evolve in the future.
Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds
17 February 2025
Peatlands are waterlogged accumulations of dead, partly decomposed vegetation, and are scattered widely from the northern latitudes through temperate zones to the equatorial tropics.
Environmental degradation, climate change and infectious diseases: What’s the link?
17 February 2025
Anthropogenic changes in global landscapes and the climate increase the risk of infectious diseases by altering the environmental niche of the disease vector or animal reservoir hosts and the adaptation of some pathogens to a warming planet.
How global weather patterns are shaping India's heatwaves and droughts
21 February 2025
Among the major players they're examining are phenomena like the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Indian Ocean Dipole, North Atlantic Oscillation, and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualized
20 February 2025
Recent Copernicus analysis shows that 2024 was the first calendar year where the average global temperature exceeded 1.5C above its pre-industrial level.
Global Future Drought Layers Based on Downscaled CMIP6 Models and Multiple Socioeconomic Pathways
19 February 2025
The identification of droughts and their future characteristics is essential to building an understanding of the geography and magnitude of potential drought change trajectories, which in turn is critical information to manage drought resilience across multiple sectors and disciplines.
Extreme weather is our new reality. We must accept it and begin planning
15 February 2025
The Netherlands is highly adapted for flood risk – they have been doing it for centuries. This includes sacrificing land as “room for the river” and the incredible Maeslant storm barrier, a marvel of engineering that protects vulnerable areas including Rotterdam.
Global integrated flood and drought management competition for youth-led projects
16 March 2025
Strengthen community resilience to floods and droughts by promoting youth-led initiatives in preparedness, response, and adaptation.
WMO calls for proposals for youth-led projects for flood and drought resilience
14 February 2025
Collaborative Mapping for Flooding Resilience Empowered local communities in Medellín, Colombia, by providing training in collaborative mapping and developing a comprehensive cartographic database for vulnerable areas.
Biodiversity
18 February 2025
Biodiversity offers a genetic pool for developing resilient and sustainable food crops, livestock and marine species. It plays a crucial role in breeding varieties resistant to pests, diseases and climate extremes.
The GCC imports 85% of its food – here’s how it is increasing food security through innovation
14 February 2025
Government initiatives, public-private partnerships and supporting technology, innovation and entrepreneurial endeavours form a multi-part strategy for GCC food security.
A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century
4 February 2025
These global data products support critical insights into the spatially detailed patterns of irrigated and rainfed cropland change since the start of the century and provide an improved foundation for a wide array of global assessments spanning agriculture, water resource management etc.
What happens if Istanbul's water supplies run dry?
21 February 2025
Istanbul is one of the world's biggest cities, growing larger still every year. Its rapid expansion is putting enormous stress on its water supplies.
Guest post: How the global ‘water gap’ will grow under climate change
19 February 2025
Water gaps represent the difference between the availability of “renewable” water resources and water consumption within a specific region and timeframe where renewable water is that which can be replenished naturally through the water cycle.
Water Insecurity in Central Asia: The 2021 Central Asia drought, the loss of the Aral Sea, the evaporation of glaciers in the Tian Shan mountains, and the alarming shrinking of the Caspian Sea are reminders of how natural and man-made disasters have destructive consequences on Central Asia’s strained water resources. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/central-asia-needs-regional-and-international-cooperation-to-bolster-water-security/
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
Emissions Gap Report 2024: The report looks at how much nations must promise to cut off greenhouse gases, and deliver, in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), due for submission in early 2025 ahead of COP30. Cuts of 42 per cent are needed by 2030 and 57 per cent by 2035 to get on track for 1.5°C. https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2024
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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