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ICID's Important Events Postponed
The 24th ICID Congress and 72nd IEC Meeting: The 24th ICID Congress has been rescheduled to 6-12 July 2021 in Sydney, Australia, on the recommendation of Irrigation Australia Ltd., & Irrigation Australia's Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID) because of COVID-19. The 72nd IEC will be held with the Sydney Congress in July 2021 instead of 71st IEC. For more information, please contact: Mr. Bryan Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Irrigation's Australia Limited (IAL) (Incorporating IACID); Email: bryan.ward@irrigation.org.au, info@irrigation.org.au; Website: http://www.icid2021.com.au/

Updated Information: 
The 71st IEC Meeting: The 71st IEC meeting will be held virtually in two Sessions – First Session on Monday, 07 December 2020 from 18:00-20:00 Hours (IST) and Second Session on Tuesday, 08 December 2020 from 18:00-20:00 Hours (IST). Pre-council meetings have started and will be held from 12th October 2020 to 11th November 2020. More updates are available on the ICID website.
The 5th African Regional Conference (ARC) and the Young Professional's Training Program (YP-TP): 5th African Regional Conference (ARC) and the Young Professional's Training Program (YP-TP) have been postponed to 2021. Further details will be shared as and when available. 
The 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC): 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC) in Agadir, Morocco, will be a standalone event in 2021. Dates to be announced later.

Report: Despite hits, agriculture is key to Nebraska economy
9 October 2020
The agricultural economy continues to be a force in Nebraska and remains resilient despite recent down years.
https://www.newspressnow.com/report-despite-hits-agriculture-is-key-to-nebraska-economy/article_601a8596-0a95-11eb-b961-efaa6d30ac66.html

Resiliency, entrepreneurial spirit will see the agriculture industry through a changing economy
4 October 2020
Home deliveries, direct sales and an emphasis on local producers are just a few of the ways that the agriculture industry has changed during COVID-19
https://www.agrinews-pubs.com/2020/10/10/resiliency-entrepreneurial-spirit-will-see-agriculture-industry-through-changing-economy/akz460o/

Global Bacteriocide in Agriculture Industry
9 October 2020
The Bacteriocide in Agriculture market in the U.S. is estimated at US$2.7 Billion in the year 2020.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/09/2106245/0/en/Global-Bacteriocide-in-Agriculture-Industry.html
 

CLIMATE CHANGE 







Why climate change is a time bomb
10 October 2020
The costs of keeping global warming below 1.5°C would exceed the economic benefits up through the year 2100, according to a new study.
https://www.axios.com/climate-change-time-bomb-aa86ec80-5b15-4708-a4bd-1962d77dfaef.html

What’s Green, Soggy and Fights Climate Change?
9 October 2020
Protecting peat bogs could help the world avert the worst effects of global warming, a new study has found.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/climate/peat-climate-change.html#:~:text=In%20pristine%20bogs%2C%20that%20carbon,dioxide%20and%20other%20greenhouse%20gases.

Climate Change May Cause More Storms to Rapidly Intensify as Delta Did
9 October 2020
A warming climate is not expected to have much effect on the number of storms, but those that do form may be stronger
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-may-cause-more-storms-to-rapidly-intensify-as-delta-did/
 

DROUGHTS 








Dry weather worsens in Colorado; 17% of the state is in “exceptional drought”
10 October 2020
The summer drought that lingered throughout Colorado has become worse.
https://coloradosun.com/2020/10/10/colorado-drought-situation-october-2020/

Critical Drought Conditions Declared in Parts of Mass.
9 October 2020
A critical drought is in place in the southeast region of the state, due to five months of below-normal rainfall, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) announced Friday.
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/critical-drought-conditions-declared-in-parts-of-mass/2209690/

Droughts are threatening global wetlands
9 October 2020
Scientists highlight the many physical and chemical changes occurring during droughts that lead to severe, and sometimes irreversible, drying of wetland soils.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201009093544.htm
 

 FLOODS






UNHCR calls for action after migrant camp floods
10 October 2020
A month after a fire razed the sprawling Moria reception center on the Aegean island of Lesvos, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has called for “urgent action” after heavy rain flooded tents at a new facility set up to replace the camp.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/257929/article/ekathimerini/news/unhcr-calls-for-action-after-migrant-camp-floods
 

Hurricane Delta Brings Floods and Destruction to an Already Battered Louisiana
10 October 2020
The storm made landfall intensified the devastation the state has experienced during a brutal hurricane season.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/us/hurricane-delta-damage.html

Venice's desperate 50-year battle against floods
9 October 2020
After a gargantuan flood ravaged the iconic city in 1966, officials began working on a defense system. It may finally be ready.
https://www.cnet.com/features/venices-desperate-50-year-fight-against-floods/
 

FOOD SECURITY 







Impact Of COVID-19 On Food Security In Jamaica
11 October 2020
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020, prior to COVID-19, two billion people did not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food, and 690 million people were already undernourished; the pandemic can add as much as 132 million people to the category of undernourished in 2020.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20201011/vanessa-white-barrow-impact-covid-19-food-security-jamaica

Selection of World Food Programme for Nobel Peace Prize
10 October 2020
Congratulations to the United Nations World Food Programme for receiving the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, announced on Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2020/10/msus-keenum-applauds-selection-world-food-programme-nobel-peace-prize

Pandemic threatens food security for many college students
8 October 2020
When university presidents were surveyed in spring of 2020 about what they felt were the most pressing concerns of COVID-19, college students going hungry didn’t rank very high.
https://theconversation.com/pandemic-threatens-food-security-for-many-college-students-146823
 

IRRIGATION






Water and Wine: The Irrigation Equation
11 October 2020
In a world where drought is an increasing threat to agriculture, what effect does irrigation have on terroir?
https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2020/10/water-and-wine-the-irrigation-equation

Micro-irrigation: Conserving water, promoting safe food
10 October 2020
Micro-irrigation is the delivery of water to crops in a system that can directly deliver water to the plants roots.
https://www.record-eagle.com/news/business/micro-irrigation-conserving-water-promoting-safe-food/article_0f40ded8-0804-11eb-a9a2-3f2b4026fc67.html

Soil consistency in the landscape makes irrigation easier
10 October 2020
True desert plants are appropriately called “xeric” and use far less water than other plants found in desert landscapes.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/home-and-garden/soil-consistency-in-landscape-makes-irrigation-easier-2145612/
 

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 







County Council sends water plan back to committee
10 October 2020
The Maui County Council voted to send back to the committee the Maui Island Water Use Development Plan, a dense blueprint for protection, management, and use of water over a 20-year period.
https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2020/10/county-council-sends-water-plan-back-to-committee/

These hay fields may know something we don’t: how to save the Colorado River
10 October 2020
The million-dollar research project marks Colorado's first-ever large-scale effort to track Colorado River agricultural water savings.
https://www.9news.com/article/tech/science/environment/1-million-research-project-tracking-colorado-river-agraculture-water-savings/73-75ef404a-a98d-4b17-8973-765a89c3f494

Respecting property rights a focus in water speculation
8 October 2020
Current state law prohibits water speculation by requiring water to be used for a beneficial purpose
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/respecting-property-rights-a-focus-in-water-speculation-task-force-meeting/article_754360b0-08b4-11eb-8ca9-2334d50e05cc.html

 

XIV World Aqua Congress: Aqua Foundation’s International Conference and Exhibition
ICID’s long associated organization Aqua Foundation is organizing its annual international conference virtually on the theme of “Water and Climate Change” on 29th October 2020 and 30th October 2020. ICID is supporting the event in the capacity of a Knowledge Partner and Associate.
Website:https://www.worldaquacongress.org/

MinWat 2020 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Mineral Waters: Genesis, Exploitation, Protection, and Valorisation. Postponed, owing to the international health situation concerning the epidemy of COVID-19, from May 2020, to 11-15 October 2020. For more details, please visit: https://iah.org/events/minwat-2020; Email: segratario@iahitaly.it

Irrigation Association cancels Irrigation Show and Education Week for 2020
The 2020 Irrigation Show and Education Week, scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 4 in San Antonio, has been canceled.
https://www.irrigazette.com/en/news/ia-cancels-irrigation-show-and-education-week-2020

Hllenic Open University presents meeting on Sustainable Waste Technology Management
Patras Greece, March 2021
https://dia.eap.gr/index.php/upcomingconferences

2022 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)
The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC is expected to take place from 7-18 November 2022, at a location to be determined.
http://unfccc.int/meetings/unfccc_calendar/items/2655.php?year=2022

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Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus
World Health Organisation
Environmental surveillance by testing wastewater for evidence of pathogens has a long history of use in public health, particularly for poliovirus1 and more recently antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/status-of-environmental-surveillance-for-sars-cov-2-virus

Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water
The powerful electrochemical process destroys water contaminants, such as pesticides. Researchers say the technology could be readily applied to the wine industry, paper processing, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Sydney, July 2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200707113206.htm

New series of FAO Policy and Field Guides to improve water productivity and water use efficiency in small-scale agriculture
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2020
http://www.fao.org/3/ca8443en/ca8443en.pdf

Water and Climate Change
The 2020 edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR 2020) entitled ‘Water and Climate Change’ aims at helping the water community to tackle the challenges of climate change and informing the climate change community about the opportunities that improved water management offers in terms of adaptation and mitigation. 
https://www.unwater.org/publications/world-water-development-report-2020/
 

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