21 July 2025
ICID Events
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
7th Eurasian Conference on “Risk-oriented Design and Operation of Infrastructure Systems: Sustainability Paradigm” (RİSK-2025) under the umbrella of ICID. The conference is scheduled to be held at Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, on 21-23 October 2025. https://www.eurasianrisk2025.com/
7th Conference of the Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering ANAFIDE-PASAE (Afro-AgEng), Oct 22, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025; Marriott Hotel, FES, Morocco
Theme - Water Management for a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture in Africa
Email : anafide.ma@gmail.com; Website : https://www.7pasae.ma/en
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
Pivot Bio Expands World-Class Scientific Advisory Board to Advance the Future of Crop Nutrition
18 July 2025
Three distinguished scientists have joined the company’s Scientific Advisory Board, bringing world-renowned expertise in crop physiology, soil microbiology, digital agriculture and leading next-gen ag expertise to help shape its innovation agenda.
Understanding Invasive Species In Agriculture: Introduction, Impact, And Management
17 July 2025
An invasive species is an organism that is not native to a particular ecosystem and whose introduction causes, or is likely to cause, harm to the environment, the economy, or human and animal health. In agriculture, invasive species are often non-native plants, pathogens, or insects that negatively impact crop production.
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025-2034: Emerging economies will drive animal-source food consumption and production
15 July 2025
The 21st edition of the joint analysis projects that global per capita calorie intake of livestock and fish products will increase by 6 percent over the next decade, driven largely by a rapid rise in lower-middle-income countries, where growth is anticipated to reach 24 percent, nearly four times faster than the global average.
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Climate crisis causing food price spikes around the world, scientists say
21 July 2025
The research released on Monday cites, among other examples, a 280 percent spike in global cocoa prices in April 2024, following a heatwave in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, and a 300 percent jump in lettuce prices in Australia after floods in 2022.
Arctic birders combat impact of climate change and avian flu on delicate ecosystem
20 July 2025
In one of the top Arctic birding destinations in the world, environmental and health challenges are threatening some of the seabirds that are part of Norway’s unique coastal ecosystem.
COP30 Presidency Calls For Initiatives to Promote Information Integrity Amid Rampant Climate Disinformation
15 July 2025
The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change is crowdsourcing concrete solutions to address disinformation and related tactics seeking to delay and derail climate action.
Air Pollution Cuts in East Asia Likely Accelerated Global Warming
14 July 2025
Over the same period, countries in East Asia, particularly China, implemented aggressive air quality policies that led to about a 75% reduction in sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions.
Report Unveils Human, Economic Toll of Drought Hotspots
21 July 2025
Fueled by climate change and relentless pressure on land and water resources, some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have taken place since 2023, according to a new UN-backed report.
Drought hit Serbian raspberry farmers fear catastrophic future
15 July 2025
Facing drought and record heat, raspberry farmers in western Serbia are warning of the worst season in decades for one of the world's largest exporters of the fruit.
Sand, dust storms affect about 330 million people due to climate change: UN
12 July 2025
A new report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found that sand and dust storms are leading to “premature deaths” due to climate change, with more than 330 million people in 150 countries affected.
This is the summer of flooding across the US, and scientists know why
20 July 2025
This summer, in particular, has been defined by a tragic surge in deadly flash floods across the United States, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.
Damage mounts in South Korea as torrential rains enter fourth day
19 July 2025
Torrential rains that lashed South Korea for a fourth day on Saturday (Jul 19) kept nearly 3,000 people from returning to their homes, while livestock were stranded up to the neck in rising waters as the death toll reached four with two missing, authorities said.
Rising food prices driven by climate crisis threaten world’s poorest, report finds
21 July 2025
Climate change-induced food price shocks are on the rise and could lead to more malnutrition, political upheaval and social unrest as the world’s poorest are hit by shortages of food staples.
How Canada can become a global food security superpower
15 July 2025
Canadian farmers fear that if trade tensions continue or get worse, then it would likely limit access to affordable, steady supplies of crop inputs, including chemicals, seeds, and fertilizer.
Irrigation and global nutrition
25 June 2025
A new study led by University of Delaware researchers examined survey data from more than 9,000 rural communities comprising more than 70,000 households in 26 countries in the Global South, a designation given to 134 states from Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Melting Mountains, Drying Futures: Central Asia Confronts Water Emergency
15 July 2025
Rivers like the Amu Darya and Syr Darya are fed by glacier runoff and support downstream agriculture, hydropower, and municipal needs in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.
Kazakhstan is investing to tackle Central Asia water crisis
14 July 2025
Climate change is accelerating glacial retreat, and water-intensive agriculture is dominant. Kazakhstan is investing in 42 new reservoirs and overhauling 14,000 kilometres of irrigation canals.
UNGA Adopts Six Themes for UN 2026 Water Conference
11 July 2025
The high-level UN 2026 Water Conference to ‘Accelerate the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’ will take place in the UAE from 2-4 December 2026, and will be co-hosted by Senegal and the UAE.
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025, Mountains and glaciers: water towers - The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025 – Mountains and glaciers: Water towers calls attention to the essential services and benefits mountain waters and alpine glaciers provide to societies, economies and the environment. With a focus on the technical and policy responses required to improve water management in mountains, the report covers critical issues such as water supply and sanitation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food and energy security, industry, disaster risk reduction and ecosystem protection. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000393070
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
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
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