ICID e-Bulletin Your Weekly News Wrap 18 October 2021
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INVITATION TO JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP OF ICID 
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), established in 1950 is the leading scientific, technical and professional international organization, which focuses on irrigation, drainage, and flood management. Click the link for more information:
 
 
             
 
A New Alliance of ICID  with Arab Water Council (AWB)
Arab Water Council, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the International Committee for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), on the sidelines of the Fifth Arab Water Forum, held b/w 21 - 23 September 2021, https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2960419.aspx
 
ICID FORTHCOMING EVENTS 
5th African Regional Conference (ARC) and 72nd International Executive Council (IEC) - Theme “SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION FOR IMPROVED RESILIENCE OF AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA” to be held from 23-30 November 2021, Marrakech, Morocco. Website: http://5arcid.ma/en/
 
 
73rd IEC Meeting & 24th ICID Congress combined with the Irrigation Australia National Conference & Exhibition to be held in Adelaide, Australia from 3 October to 10 October 2022. Website: https://www.icid2022.com.au/icid-home/
 
Why Hong Kong should be hot for hi-tech agriculture in a warming world
17 October 2021
A local agricultural industry can provide much safer food and enable the government to monitor the production and processing of agricultural products more effectively.
 
Gender gap in agriculture 
11 October 2021
Assessments based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) show that 386.8 million people in South Asia experience severe food insecurity and 849.8 million people experience moderate to severe food insecurity.
Climate change a double blow for oil-rich Mideast: Experts
17 October 2021
The climate crisis threatens a double blow for the Middle East, experts say, by destroying its oil income as the world shifts to renewables and by raising temperatures to unliveable extremes.
 
The climate disaster is here
14 October 2021
The world has already heated up by around 1.2C, on average, since the preindustrial era, pushing humanity beyond almost all historical boundaries.
 
Future of extreme drought and brutal storms predicted by new climate modelling
17 October 2021
Two new climate modelling studies map how the world might experience climate change under warming scenarios of increasing severity and over longer terms.
 
Drought in northern Kenya pushes millions towards hunger
15 October 2021
More than 465,000 children under five and over 93,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are malnourished in Kenya's northern region, the U.N. says.
India: Cloudburst may have led to latest Kerala disaster, say experts
17 October 2021
Weather experts said cloud bursts must have triggered torrential rain at several places in Kottayam and Idukki districts. Cloud burst is a pattern of torrential downpour in a limited area in a short time.
 
China floods: Nearly 2 million displaced in Shanxi province
12 October 2021
More than 1.76 million people have been affected by severe flooding in China's northern Shanxi province, according to local media.
World Food Day: sustainably addressing food security
17 October 2021
World Food Day is one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar, and this year marks the second time countries around the world are dealing with the widespread effects of the global pandemic.
 
Dubai's salty farming experiment could help tackle food security challenges
17 October 2021
Traditional agriculture is facing increasing scarcity of fresh water because of climate change.
The changing face of floodplains in the Mississippi River Basin detected by a 60-year land use change dataset
15 October 2021
Long-term land use data can be used to quantify floodplain functions and provide spatially explicit information for management, restoration, and flood-risk mitigation. 
 
Global syndromes induced by changes in solutes of the world’s large rivers
12 October 2021
A comprehensive dataset from 600 gauge stations in 149 large rivers reveals nine binary patterns of co-varying trends in runoff and solute concentration. 
Bangladeshi women’s leadership in water governance
17 October 2021
To increase women’s employment and potential leadership in water governance, the World Bank has introduced the Bangladesh Rural WASH for Human Capital Development program.
 
Israel passes on innovation, inspiration to PH on managing water crisis
16 October 2021
More than half of Israel is covered in desert and there is hardly any rain. Due to limited water resources, they developed policies and unconventional solutions to improve the country’s water sufficiency.
 
26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021: The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
 
9th World Water Forum March 21 - 26, 2022, Diamniadio (Dakar) – Senegal with the theme "Water security for peace and development."
 
39th IAHR World Congress, 19 - 24 June 2022 - From Snow to Sea, Granda, Spain
 
17 IWRA World Water Congress, 29 November - 3 December  2021, Daegu, Republic of KOREA
 
IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, September 2022
The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition is a global event for water professionals covering the full water cycle. Join over 10,000 leading water professionals and companies convened by the International Water Association.
PUBLICATIONS

Value Engineering for Savings in Irrigation, Drainage, and Flood Management Projects

Water, as the main input for food production, has played the most significant role in societal evolution over much of the recorded human history. Numerous civilizations flourished and vanished over a period of time because of the way they managed their agricultural water.

https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/TF_VE_e-Publication2021.pdf

 

World Food Safety Day 2021: Overview of festivity and creativity 

With a theme of ‘Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow’, World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021) focused on the immediate and long-term benefits of producing and consuming safe food. http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CB6125EN

 

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report 2021: The Working Group I Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis is now out. https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/

 

FAO-UN WASAG STRATEGY for 2021-2024: The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture

Turning water scarcity into opportunities for sustainable agriculture, food security & nutrition

http://www.fao.org/3/cb5448en/cb5448en.pdf

 

Irrigation & Drainage in Republic of Uzbekistan History & Modern State: Towards the 70th anniversary of the International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID)

https://icid-ciid.org/icid_data_web/UzNCID_book_web_en.pdf

 

Hydrological Aspects of Climate Change

Part of the Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering book series (STICEE)

This volume arises from the work of Roorkee Water Conclave 2020 and focuses on the hydrological aspects of climate change, hydrological extremes, and adaptation for water resources management. The research papers in this book are centered on themes such as climate change and water security, water resources management, and adaptation to climate change.

 

Contemporary Environmental Problems In Nepal

This book will utilize many empirical examples of environmental cases spanning the diverse landscapes of Nepal to demonstrate how useful information GIS tools can be ineffective decision making and record keeping in such a problematic South Asian ‘developing country’, ISBN 978-3-030-50168-6
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