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ICID FORTHCOMING EVENTS
25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage & 74th IEC Meeting with Theme:- Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture, will be held during 1 - 8 November 2023, Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, India. https://icid25congress.in/index.html
75th International Executive Council Meeting and 9th Asian Regional Conference, 1 - 7, September 2024, Sydney, Australia.
76th International Executive Council Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4), 7-13, September 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
26th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and 77th International Executive Council Meeting, 12 - 18 October 2026 - Marseille, France.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Call for papers for 25th International Congress - The 25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and the 74th International Executive Council meeting is being organised by Indian National Committee of ICID (INCID) on the theme ‘Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture’ from 01-08 November 2023 in Vishakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, India. For complete information please click the link: https://congress.icidevents.org/InfoDocs/25Congress_Call_For_Papers.pdf
INVITATION TO JOIN ICID MEMBERSHIP
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:
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Wetlands are vital for agriculture
11 February 2023
The world’s wetlands are known to have paved the way for the rise of agriculture in many areas, with floodplains turned into rice fields and the semi-permanent water worlds turned into fish farms.
World Pulses Day 2023: The role of pulses for a sustainable future
10 February 2023
Pulses have a lower water footprint than other food crops and are better able to withstand drought and climate-related calamities, making them a crucial tool for adjusting to and reducing climate change
Antibiotic use in farming set to soar despite drug-resistance fears
6 February 2023
Overuse of antibiotics in agriculture is thought to be a major driver of the rise in humans of bacterial infections that cannot be treated with antibiotics.
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Climate change is triggering more earthquakes.
9 February 2022
Furthermore, NASA scientists acknowledged that glaciers retreating due to global warming have been triggering earthquakes in Alaska in the last decades.
Climate change is the next big threat to eye health. Here's why
8 February 2023
The predicted rise in eye diseases and disruption of ocular health services will increase the number of people suffering vision impairment.
Climate change could cause an ocean “disaster”
7 February 2023
A recent study published in Nature Climate Change by these researchers found that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the Southern Meridional overturning Circulation may slow by up to 42% by 2100.
To reduce superbugs, world must cut down pollution
7 February 2023
The development and spread of AMR mean that antimicrobials used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals and plants might turn ineffective, with modern medicine no longer able to treat even mild infections.
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Droughts leave cargo riverboats high and dry
9 February 2023
More than 300 million tonnes of goods a year are typically transported by cargo riverboats on the wide Rhine River, which flows for almost 800 miles from Switzerland to the Netherlands, where it joins the North Sea.
Drought may have doomed ancient Hittite empire, tree study reveals
8 February 2023
Examination of trees alive at the time shows three years of severe drought that may have caused crop failures and famine.
Rainmaking experiments boom amid worsening drought
7 February 2023
Developing new and improved forms of cloud seeding has taken on a greater urgency in recent years. Severe drought around the world, worsened by the steady progression of climate change.
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New Zealand braces for severe storm Gabrielle after record floods
12 February 2023
Thousands of people in New Zealand have been left without power as parts of the country endure the start of a severe storm.
Fifteen million people at risk of severe floods from melting glaciers
10 February 2023
Rising temperatures could worsen glacial lake outbursts, unleashing massive inland waves on downstream communities, a study finds.
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World food prices falling, and other economy stories you need to read this week
10 February 2023
Falls in the prices of vegetable oils, dairy and sugar helped pull down the index, while cereals and meat remained largely stable, the FAO said.
Why 2023 is the year of millets
9 February 2023
Millets are a group of small grains – technically seeds – that are grown on lands with poor soil quality or limited access to irrigation.
Continued urgent action needed to prevent food and nutrition crisis from worsening
8 February 2023
As millions worldwide continue to go hungry, leaders of five international humanitarian, banking and trade organizations on Wednesday appealed for further urgent action to prevent the global food and nutrition crisis from worsening.
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Identifying links between monsoon variability and rice production in India through machine learning
10 February 2023
Overall, 56% of land area in South Asia is used for agriculture, with over 40% of the population employed in the sector2,3. A large proportion of agricultural production in the region occurs during the southwest summer monsoon season.
Sensing water for smarter agriculture
9 February 2023
Smart electronic soil sensors could enable farmers to deliver tailored doses of water to their crops, maximizing food production while saving water.
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Water security is a national security issue: What's needed now
8 February 2023
According to the World Bank, climate change-related disasters could displace up to 216 million people from their countries by 2025
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Here are 3 ways tech can improve access to freshwater
9 February 2023
More than a quarter of the world’s population live in water-stressed countries, according to the United Nations.
Indonesia to host World Water Forum
6 February 2023
Indonesia’s Government on February 5 announced a plan to organise the opening ceremony of the 10th World Water Forum that will take place on February 15-16, 2023 at the Jakarta Convention Center.
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XVIII World Water Congress on Theme "Water for All: Harmony between Humans and Nature", hosted by International Water Resources Associations (IWRA) and Ministry of the Water Resources of the People's Republic of China, at Beijing, China, 11 - 15 September, 2023.
Eighth International Conference and Exhibition on Water Resources and Renewable Energy Development in Asia, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 14 - 16, 2023.
UN 2023 Water Conference - Yet, today, 40 per cent of the world’s people are affected by water scarcity; 80 per cent of wastewater is discharged untreated into the environment, and more than 90 per cent of disasters are water-related. https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2023
Preparatory meeting for the United Nations Conference
Preparatory meeting for the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018–2028." https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k1zx4ipa4x
40th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), Vienna-Austria, 21 - 25th August 2023, Theme - Rivers Connecting Mountains & Coasts
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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.
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