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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
1st Middle East Regional Conference, 26-28 February 2024, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Contact: Saudi Arabian National Committee of ICID, Email: a.almajed@sio.gov.sa, https://www.sio.gov.sa/EN
76th International Executive Council Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4), 7-13, September 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Contact: mancidmalaysia@gmail.com
26th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and 77th International Executive Council Meeting, 12 - 18 October 2026 - Marseille, France. Contact: sami.bouarfa@inrae.fr
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
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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Battle for the banana: Disease and climate change threaten world's favourite fruit
28 July 2023
The world eats an estimated 100 billion bananas every year, but the staple fruit is under threat from climate change and crop disease, a double whammy troubling the global food industry.
Drought stress more evident as wheat tour moves west
27 July 2023
As the wheat tour moved west, fields were more in need of moisture, grasshopper pressure prevalence increased and tour scouts’ estimated yields declined.
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Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it
30 July 2023
Greece’s recent bout of extreme fire weather emerged from a heatwave that would have been at least 50 times less likely in the pre-industrial climate.
Removing carbon from Earth's atmosphere may not 'fix' climate change
28 July 2023
The researchers were particularly interested in how these changes would affect vulnerable subtropical regions, which are known to suffer from more intense and more frequent droughts as climate change progresses.
Climate litigation more than doubles in five years, now a key tool in delivering climate justice
27 July 2023
The report provides an overview of key climate litigation cases from the past two years, including historic breakthroughs.
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‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record
27 July 2023
The steady rise in global average temperatures, driven by pollution that traps sunlight and acts like a greenhouse around the Earth, has made weather extremes worse.
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How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods
25 July 2023
Extreme rainfall and flooding has also hit other regions, including West Africa between May and October 2022, and New Zealand in February 2023.
How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world
25 July 2023
As rising global temperatures make extreme storms more common, the nation’s dams and reservoirs crucial to keeping communities dry are being tested.
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Millets as a Key to Improving Food and Nutrition Security and Promoting Sustainable Consumption
29 July 2023
Millets have high nutritional value, are resilient to a changing climate, require fewer resources compared to other popular grains, and are often regarded as ‘nutri-cereals’ or ‘superfoods’.
How water shortages impact food security
25 July 2023
Food security is assessed by four measurements, availability, access, utilisation, and stability, and it is directly affected by water shortage.
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Global meet on irrigation and drainage in Vizag from Nov 1 to 8
20 July 2023
The event will focus on alternative water resources to be tapped for irrigated agriculture, on-farm techniques that can increase water productivity, evaluation of irrigation systems, limited water usage and various systems followed in other countries.
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Indonesia braces for prolonged drought, clean water shortage and crop failure due to El Nino
31 July 2023
According to government data, around 92 per cent of the country reported a “harsher-than-usual” dry season as a result of the 2019 El Nino and positive IOD event.
Water-wisdom for climate change: We must become much more efficient with every drop
24 July 2023
It was understood that over 50 per cent of agriculture in the country was still rain-fed, and so water conservation and rainwater harvesting ensuring that every well and waterbody was recharged was critical for productivity and well-being.
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8th International Agriculture Innovation Conference (IAIC) is an annual conference that has been running since 2016 organized by International Association for Agricultural Sustainability (IAAS). The IAIC conferences are devoted to presenting and examining various issues that are related to current problems seen in agriculture. The 8th IAIC 2023 will take place on 1-2 August, 2023. The conference will be held under the theme “Agro-industrialization and Sustainability” and especially address the key themes on “Vertical Farming”, “Forest-Industrialization” and “Regenerative Agriculture”. https://iaic.iaas.org.sg/
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.
Climate and Energy Summit: Building a Grand Coalition to Keep 1.5ºC Within Reach - Organiser - International Energy Agency (IEA); 02 Oct 2023; Madrid, Spain
Cairo Water Week 2023 - The sixth edition of the Cairo Water Week 2023, will take place from 29th October to 2nd November 2023 in Cairo Egypt. This year the theme of the conference is "Action on Water Adaptation for Sustainability". https://www.cairowaterweek.eg/cww2023/
International Workshop on Sustainability of Agricultural Water Management and Digitalizing, Theme - Sustainability of Agricultural Water Management and Digitalizing as part of the 50th Anniversary of Dicle University - Diyarbakır City, Turkey; Oct 02, 2023 - Oct 06, 2023 http://www.dicle.edu.tr/
40th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), Vienna-Austria, 21 - 25th August 2023, Theme - "Rivers Connecting Mountains & Coasts"
Responsible Water Management and Circular Economy, Mar 03, 2024 - Mar 06, 2024, Email : info@rwc.iitr.ac.in https://www.iitr.ac.in/rwc/ |
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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 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
State of the world's drinking water: This report presents data on the links between water, health and development and the status of drinking water, with actionable recommendations to accelerate access to safe drinking water. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240060807
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022: Groundwater Making the invisible visible
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000380721/PDF/380721eng.pdf.multi
Europe’s groundwater — a key resource under pressure
‘Groundwater: making the invisible visible' is the World Water Day theme for 22 March 2022. In recognition of it, this briefing provides an overview of the state of groundwater in the EU.
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/europes-groundwater/europes-groundwater
FAO Publication: Sustainable management of freshwater resources for food security and nutrition in Small Island Developing States https://www.fao.org/3/cb7200en/cb7200en.pdf
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 |
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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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