World’s first floating dairy farm being built
26 Apr, 2018
It
has taken a lot of time to get the green light, but construction of the
world’s first floating dairy farm is finally underway in the
Netherlands.
This innovative farm is being built at
Rotterdam and will be home to 40 dairy cows when completed. The idea is
that the farm will supply the city with fresh dairy products every day,
produced, say the developers, “in an animal-friendly and circular
manner.”
https://www.producer.com/2018/04/worlds-first-floating-dairy-farm-being-built/
Soil pollution threat to food safety, agri productivity, says FAO report
4 May, 2018
Soil
pollution poses a worrisome threat to agricultural productivity, food
safety and human health, but far too little is known about the scale and
severity of that threat. This was stated by a recently-released Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report titled 'Soil Pollution: A
Hidden Reality', at the start of a three-day global symposium at the
headquarter of the United Nations agency in Rome.
http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/soil-pollution-threat-to-food-safety-agri-productivity-says-fao-report-42118
Blockchain to boost financial inclusion among world’s farmers
3 May, 2018
In
a tight-margin business like agriculture, removing expensive financing
and optimizing production could raise a farmer up from fighting to earn a
subsistence wage to living relatively comfortably. One of the core
advantages of the latest blockchain applications is the ability to
create “smart contracts” whereby funds are transferred immediately upon
performance of an agreed objective, without the need for any middleman.
http://techwireasia.com/2018/05/blockchain-to-boost-financial-inclusion-among-worlds-farmers/
[Top] CLIMATE CHANGE
Poor countries face 'unfair pattern' of temperature swings
3 May, 2018
Poor
countries are expected to see the greatest swings in temperature as a
result of climate change, a new study suggests. Using models for the
last report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, European researchers analyzed 37 climate-model simulations to
calculate which regions would likely experience the higher highs and
lowest lows until the year 2100.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-change-temperature-variability-1.4646781
Satellites reveal how quickly Patagonian glaciers are melting
3 May, 2018
A
team of ESA scientists used the polar-ice monitoring satellite, CryoSat
to determine that some of Patagonia’s glaciers are melting away faster
than any of the other glaciers in the world. In a paper published in the
journal Remote Sensing of Environment, the researchers describe how
they used their eye in the sky to detect complex patterns in the
changing height of the ice. They then used this data to create a map
depicting the rate at which it is melting.
https://www.inverse.com/article/44458-satellite-reveal-glaciers-melting
[Top] DROUGHTS
Australian wheat farmers plant in dust bowl, pray for rain
2 May, 2018
Australian
farmers are planting wheat in some of the driest soils in years,
following on from a severe drought that cut 2017/18 output in the
world’s fourth-largest wheat exporter to the lowest in a decade. The
difficult conditions for a second successive season threaten another
disappointing crop, cutting the country’s export earnings and hitting
profits of companies such as bulk grain handler GrainCorp Ltd.
https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/news/world-news/australian-wheat-farmers-plant-in-dust-bowl-and-pray-for-rain-36865317.html
UN agencies urge global action as drought looms over Africa’s Sahel region
3 May, 2018
United
Nations agencies have urged greater international support to stave off
severe food insecurity in Africa’s western Sahel; a region reeling from
the effects of conflict and now threatened by drought and rising
hunger. According to estimates, about five million people in northern
Senegal, southern Mauritania and parts of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and
Chad, will require food and livelihood assistance, after having
exhausted their food reserves – which may run out by the end of this
month.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/05/1008882
[Top] FLOODS
Cholera epidemic fears in Somalia, Kenya as severe flooding forces families to flee
30 Apr, 2018
A potentially
lethal epidemic of cholera and other disease is set to sweep parts of
Somalia and Kenya after severe flooding left hundreds of thousands
homeless in the two countries, aid workers have warned. More than
100,000 people were forced to flee Beledweyne, a town in the Shebelle
Valley 206 miles north of the capital Mogadishu, over the weekend, local
officials said.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/cholera-epidemic-fears-somalia-kenya-severe-flooding-forces/
Hawaii’s Kauai pursues tourists as island recovers from floods
28 Apr, 2018
Honolulu: Residents
and businesses are still cleaning up from flooding that deluged parts
of Kauai, but community leaders are urging tourists to keep coming so
residents don’t suffer an economic calamity on top of record-breaking
rains that smothered a normally green landscape in reddish-brown water.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/hawaiis-kauai-pursues-tourists-as-island-recovers-from-floods/
N.B. shuts Trans-Canada Highway as flooding hits record levels
3 May, 2018
New
Brunswick shuttered a large section of the Trans-Canada Highway
Thursday night, and warned motorists to be on watch for wildlife seeking
refuge, as floodwaters rose to record levels along the Saint John
River.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/n-b-shuts-trans-canada-highway-as-flooding-hits-record-levels-1.3913086
[Top] FOOD SECURITY
Kyrgyz government and WFP team up to improve food security, nutrition
3 May, 2018
The
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of the
Kyrgyz Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to scale up
their collaboration over the next five years and re-affirm their
commitment to achieving food security for all in the country.
It
prioritizes school meals, food security and nutrition, as well as the
improvement of rural livelihoods and food productivity in the face of
climate change.
https://reliefweb.int/report/kyrgyzstan/kyrgyz-government-and-wfp-team-improve-food-security-and-nutrition
[Top] IRRIGATION
Sugarcane growers asked to use drip irrigation by 2019: India
30 Apr, 2018
In
the backdrop of frequent droughts and a severe shortage of drinking
water in growing urban areas, the Maharashtra government has issued the
circular asking private- and cooperative-run sugar mills to mandatorily
employ drip irrigation for sugarcane farms by June 2019. The circular
says this move will help to save 30-50 per cent water in the state. The
circular has been issued by the state cooperative and marketing
federation department on April 27.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-sugarcane-growers-asked-to-use-drip-irrigation-by-2019-2609998
[Top] WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NASA to launch twin spacecraft to study Earth's changing water cycles this month
3 May, 2018
NASA
will launch two twin spacecrafts to observe the continually changing
and evolving water cycle on Earth using what it describes as an
"innovative technique" to do so from space. The U.S. space agency
reports in a news release that it will launch the Gravity Recovery and
Climate Experiment Follow-On mission in conjunction with the German
Research Centre for Geosciences no earlier than May 19.
http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2018/05/nasa_to_launch_twin_spacecraft.html
Graphene: the wonder material that could solve the world's water crisis
3 May, 2018
First
developed by scientists at the University of Manchester in 2004,
graphene, an ultra-strong material composed of a single layer of carbon
atoms, has been tipped for many uses from hair dye to super long-life
batteries. But one of the material's most exciting properties may be its
ability to filter out even the tiniest impurities in water.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/03/graphene-wonder-material-could-solve-worlds-water-crisis/
[Top] FORTHCOMING EVENTS
International
Conference and 69th International Executive Council Meeting of the
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 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) and 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.enc
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