15 December 2025
ICID Events
 ICID has started a “Technical Webinar Series” on the theme "Smart Irrigation Management" showcasing best practices and success stories in agricultural water management. The third webinar of this series is on the topic “Principles and Technology of Smart Irrigation
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is scheduled on December 18, 2025 at 14:30 hrs (IST). For more information please visit the link: https://icid-ciid.org/inner_page/273 or
77th IEC Meeting & 26th ICID Congress, Marseille, France, 12-18 October 2026
Theme: “Agriculture and climate change: stakes and levers for irrigation and drainage.” For more information please vivist the link: https://icidcongress2026.org/
78th IEC Meeting & 5th World Irrigation Forum (WIF5), at Guoce International Conference & Exhibition Center, Beijing, China, 2027
Other Events
ASABE Global Symposium on Sustainable Microirrigation Advances: Drop to Boom, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, USA, 11-17, January 2026
Theme - Less is better than more to provide water & food security to people: Drop to boom
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
Global-scale prevalence of low nutrient use efficiency across major crops
10 December 2025
Enhancing nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) use efficiency (NUE and PUE) is essential for advancing sustainable agriculture and reducing dependency on non-renewable fertilizers. However, the long-term dynamics of NUE and PUE across major crops remain poorly understood at a global scale.
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66019-w
Partnerships Powering AI Advances in Agriculture
10 December 2025
Abu Dhabi, 8th December 2025: The AI Agriculture Ecosystem Launch in Abu Dhabi showcased new AI technologies that strengthen farmers' resilience amid a global agricultural crisis.
Source: https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/partnerships-powering-ai-advances-agriculture
Expected effects of a global transformation of agricultural pest management
8 December 2025
Most agricultural crops are affected by a broad range of animal pests, plant diseases, and weeds, which can lead to significant crop losses in terms of quantity and quality. Despite current efforts in pest management, average yield losses due to pests and pathogens are substantial.
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66982-4
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Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall: study
11 December 2025
The cyclones are the latest in a series of deadly weather disasters affecting Southeast Asia this year, resulting in loss of life and property damage.
‘Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake
10 December 2025
Kolahoi is one of many glaciers whose decline is disrupting whole ecosystems – water, wildlife and human life that it has supported for centuries.
Air pollution killing nine million a year as warming worsens air quality worldwide, UN report warns
10 December 2025
The report says the combined pressures of warming temperatures, rising greenhouse gases, waste mismanagement and deteriorating air quality are driving “substantial adverse health effects and related economic losses” across the globe.
Midwestern scientists join global effort to study extreme drought in grasslands
12 December 2025
Grasslands are one of the most widespread ecosystems in our region,” Portales-Reyes said. “About 40% of North America used to be a grassland, and they're very important culturally and also for conservation purposes.
UNCCD Panama meeting advances financial, cooperation avenues for global land and drought action
7 December 2025
As part of the road from Riyadh to Ulaanbator, delegates and non-state actors exchanged on how to advance the Action Agenda that emerged from COP16, including the Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership and the Drought Resilience Investment Facility.
Climate change supercharged deadly $20 billion Asia floods, finds study
11 December 2025
Warmer Indian Ocean waters about 0.2 degrees Celsius above long-term seasonal averages likely fueled the two strongest storms, Cyclones Ditwah and Senyar, by supplying extra heat and moisture, scientists reported in a rapid World Weather Attribution analysis released Thursday.
The destructive storm of climate change is looming over Asia
5 December 2025
Experts categorically state that climate change is driving unprecedented weather events in Asia, the region of the world most vulnerable to flash floods, which in turn is overwhelming the response capacity of governments.
Official estimates of global food insecurity undercount acute hunger
12 December 2025
As of 2023, international agencies and governments use IPC analyses to allocate more than US$6 billion of humanitarian assistance annually. Here we evaluate data from approximately 1 billion people in more than 10,000 IPC subnational analyses conducted between 2017 and 2023.
Climateflation and Water Scarcity: Why Africa Faces the World’s Sharpest Food-Security Risks
12 December 2025
Extreme weather-driven harvest failures in Africa contribute to global price surges and increased food market volatility. Rising food prices, often triggered by such shocks, significantly increase the likelihood of social unrest across African countries.
Official estimates of global food insecurity undercount acute hunger
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
10 December 2025
Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neuro-developmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture.
On World Soil Day, Rajasthan traditional water systems offer climate change lessons
5 December 2025
The desert region’s communities have relied on water reservoirs and wells built on a deep, practical knowledge of how soils behave in extreme aridity.
We Assumed Water Was Endless. Scientists Say That Era is Over
27 November 2025
As droughts continue to exacerbate the challenges faced by Canadian agriculture and access to clean water, a professor of geography at the University of Saskatchewan says the country is in a water crisis and the impact is significant.
Renewable water availability per person plunges 7 percent in a decade as global scarcity deepens, FAO data shows
12 December 2025
The update provides a global overview of how water availability and use are evolving, presenting new data on irrigation, efficiency, and water stress reported through the 2024 AQUASTAT cycle. Renewable water refers to freshwater that is naturally replenished through the hydrologic cycle, which includes evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
The Marrakech declaration: a turning point in the global fight for water security
8 December 2025
The Marrakech Declaration revives an essential principle: water cooperation is among the most powerful tools for regional and global stability.
India’s river crisis: Why industry must lead the cleanup
5 December 2025
Artificial intelligence-driven monitoring, real-time detection, predictive maintenance and stricter enforcement can help industries comply and reduce river pollution.
Road Map to ICID Vision 2030- and Three-Year Rolling Plan
The water crisis, one of the most complex challenges of the 21st century, stems from a multitude of factors such as climate change, rapid population growth, inefficient consumption patterns, increasing demand, and mounting pressure on limited water resources. These issues have made a fundamental revision of water management and governance approaches inevitable. Global estimates indicate that by 2050, over two-thirds of the world's population will face water stress. https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/RoadMaptoVision20230-2025.pdf
Guidelines for Irrigation with Reclaimed Water
Using wastewater or poor-quality water for irrigation is one of the eight technical strategies proposed in the roadmap to 2030 ICID Vision “A water-secure world free of poverty and hunger through sustainable rural development”. Reclaimed water is considered a stable alternative water source for irrigation which is increasingly used worldwide.
https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/GuidelinesforReclaimedWater2025.pdf
Environmental Drainage
This book begins by discussing general environmental issues. It then delves into the pollutants found in drainage water, with a particular focus on soil and water salinity, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. The residues of chemical fertilizers and animal manure, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus, are major environmental pollutants.
https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/EnvironmentalDrainage2025.pdf
Guide to Innovated Irrigation and Drainage Management under the Changing Climate
Agriculture is a significant global user of freshwater resources, accounting for 70% of usage and contributing up to 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, it is both a contributor to and a victim of climate change. The Working Group on Climate is dedicated to addressing the mitigation and adaptation challenges faced by agricultural water management in the context of a changing climate. https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/ClimateChangeGuideBook2025.pdf
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
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
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