Farming in Tamil Nadu ready for a turnaround: India
25 Mar, 2018
Subtle
shifts have started happening in the farm sector in Tamil Nadu state
and the farmers, by and large, are alive to the trends and emerging
constraints and are ready to adapt. But among the most pressing concerns
that need to be addressed is the groundwater situation
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/farming-in-tamil-nadu-ready-for-a-turnaround/article23346292.ece
Gene boosts rice growth and yield in salty soil
26 Mar, 2018
A
team of scientists led by Jian-Zhong Lin and Xuan-Ming Liu of Hunan
University in Changsha, China recently identified a gene that
contributes to salt stress tolerance in rice. The gene, which they named
STRK1 (salt tolerance receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase 1), was
activated under salt stress conditions.
http://www.labmanager.com/news/2018/03/gene-boosts-rice-growth-and-yield-in-salty-soil#.WrnImC5ubcc
[ Top ] CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change poses serious implications on food security in South Asia: Report
22 Mar, 2018
New Delhi: With
climate change set to pose immediate and long-term threats, the 2018
Global Food Policy Report released by US-based International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI) has stressed on the urgent need to take
steps to adapt to climate change, which poses serious implications for
food security in South Asia, especially India.
https://www.livemint.com/Politics/O2YcI0JxchwR9lL1em2kXK/Climate-change-poses-serious-implications-on-food-security-i.html
Plant, animal loss could be as damaging as climate change, UN reports say
27 Mar, 2018
Four
new United Nations scientific reports all make the same conclusions
about the health of life on our planet: plants, animals and clean water
are all vanishing far faster than they should. During a meeting on
Friday in Colombia, scientists presented their findings about the state
of plants and animals in the Americas, Europe and Central Asia, Africa
and the Asia-Pacific area.
https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2018-03-26-animals-extinction-water-loss-climate-change-study
'Green' lakes could accelerate global warming, new research warns
26 Mar, 2018
The
biggest human influence on climate change and global warming is the
release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Fertilisers washing
into lakes could increase methane emissions, potentially undoing
progress in addressing climate change. Now research published in the
journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters is the first to show how the
size of lakes and the nutrients in their waters from fertilisers are
contributing to that influence.
https://news.sky.com/story/green-lakes-could-accelerate-global-warming-new-research-warns-11304674
[ Top ] DROUGHTS
Cape Town drought limits people to 13 gallons of water a day
31 Mar, 2018
Fearing
the complete depletion of their water supply amid an extreme drought,
officials in South Africa’s second most populous city have limited water
consumption to 13 gallons per resident a day. Police are also fining
people for watering their lawns or washing their cars.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/cape-town-drought-limits-people-to-13-gallons-of-water-a-day
Droughts in Argentina and South Africa highlight economic importance of water
23 Mar, 2018
Argentina,
the world’s largest exporter of soymeal, is suffering its worst drought
in at least a decade. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, South
Africa has declared a national disaster as extreme drought ravages the
Western Cape region. Ongoing droughts taking place across the world
serve as potent reminders of what happens when a country’s water supply
is compromised.
https://www.worldfinance.com/markets/droughts-in-argentina-and-south-africa-highlight-the-economic-importance-of-water
[ Top ] FLOODS
Flash floods found to send massive amount of microplastics from rivers to the sea
13 Mar, 2018
A
trio of researchers at the University of Manchester has found that
flash floods in the U.K. carried massive amounts of microplastics from
rivers and streams to the ocean. In their paper published in the journal
Nature Geoscience, Rachel Hurley, Jamie Woodward and James Rothwell
describe their study of microplastic levels in U.K. waterways and what
they believe their findings mean for the world's oceans.
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-massive-amount-microplastics-rivers-sea.html [ Top ] FOOD SECURITY
Zimbabwe's perennial grain deficit areas facing food crisis
1 Apr, 2018
The
Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) says crops that
survived the extended dry spells in December and January show evidence
of reduced yield potential in most areas despite widespread rains in
February and March in most parts of Zimbabwe. In its latest report on
Zimbabwe, FEWSNET says persistent rains are also causing leaching and
waterlogging in some parts of the country and limited access to
top-dressing fertilizers is resulting in nutrient deficiency among other
crops.
https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/crops-situation-dire-in-most-parts-of-zimbabwe/4326554.html
Worsening land degradation threatens food security: report
27 Mar, 2018
Washington: A
report has shown that worsening land degradation caused by human
activities, reaching “critical levels” in many parts of the world, is
undermining the well-being of two-fifths of humanity, driving species
extinctions and intensifying climate change.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/297357-worsening-land-degradation-threatens-food-security-report
[ Top ] IRRIGATION
Kpikpira community to get ten irrigation dams under One-Village-One-Dam in Ghana: Africa
3 Mar, 2018
The
Kpikpira community has been allocated ten irrigation dams for
construction as part of government’s One-Village-One-Dam programme. The
move was part of efforts to transform agriculture and ensure food
security in the Kpikpira community and to encourage all-year-round
farming to engage farmers to produce large quantities of vegetables for
the region and for export.
https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/160623/Kpikpira-community-to-get-ten-irrigation-dams-under-One-Village-One-Dam
[ Top ] WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
UNESCO report confirms trouble for India; major water crisis predicted by 2050
22 Mar, 2018
UNESCO
report highlights how India is staring at a deepening water crisis with
few steps being taken to ameliorate this bleak situation. It predicts
an intensified water crisis across the nation by 2050, with many parts
of central India battling a withdrawal of 40 percent of the renewable
surface water resources.
http://www.firstpost.com/india/world-water-day-2018-unesco-report-confirms-trouble-for-india-major-water-crisis-predicted-by-2050-4400661.html
Studying water scarcity trends, helping communities adapt can ease migration pressures, says UN agency
20 Mar, 2018
Water
scarcity and poor access to safe water sources pose major challenges
for two-thirds of the world’s population, the United Nations food
security agency said Tuesday, warning that worsening shortages could
soon force people to leave their communities. Exploring this intricate
linkages in its new report, Water Stress and Human Migration, the UN
agency also found that full information on these dynamics is lacking for
India, Central Asia, the Middle East and central Sahel – areas expected
to be hit with above-average surface temperature increases and
worsening water scarcity in the next 30 years.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/03/1005362
[Top] FORTHCOMING EVENTS
8th Asian Regional Conference, 2-4 May 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal, on the theme: Irrigation in Support of an Evergreen Revolution.
Website: http://nencid.org.np/
69th IEC & Regional Conference, 12–17 August 2018, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on the theme: Innovative and Sustainable Agri-water Management: Adapting to a Variable and Changing Climate.
Website: http://www.icid2018.org/
Global Water Security for Agriculture and Natural Resources (GWSAN), 3-6 October 2018, Hyderabad, India: An ASABE Global Initiative Conference.
Website: http://www.asabewater.org/
9th International Micro Irrigation Conference, 16-18 January 2019, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, on the theme: Micro Irrigation in Modern Agriculture.
Website: http://www.icid.org/conf_microirri.html
3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) & 70th International Executive Council Meeting, 1-7 September, 2019, Bali, Indonesia,on the theme: Development for water, food and nutrition security in a competitive environment.
Website: http://www.icid2019.org/ [Top] LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned, November 2017
The
Egyptian National Committee for Irrigation and Drainage (ENCID) has
launched a new book titled 'Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in
Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned.' The publication is a
compilation of successful water-saving innovation ideas at the farm
level and is a rich source of reference work for all the professionals
engaged in agricultural water management aspirating for "More and more
crop per drop." For more info, kindly write to Encid@link.net
http://www.enci
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