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ICID e-Bulletin Your Weekly News Wrap 11 January 2021

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icid@icid.org                                                                                  11 January 2021

A Webinar entitled “General challenges of irrigation scheme management under different scales with special consideration of institutional and organizational aspects of system management’’ by A. HAFIED A. GANY will be held on 21 January 2021 at 17:30 (IST).

 

International Journal on Irrigation and Drainage Online Issue 69.5, December 2020 published. 

Click for direct access on http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1531-0361.

ICID's Important Events Rescheduled


Due to prevailing Covid-19 conditions worldwide, in consultation with the host National Committees and the Central office, the Management Board decided to reschedule ICID's upcoming events as follows.

 

72nd IEC Meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (AFRC): The 72nd IEC meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (AFRC) will be held during 22-29 September 2021 in Marrakesh, Morroco. Young Professional's Training Program (YP-TP) will be held along with the 5th African Regional Conference. Exact dates and further details will be announced as and when available.

73rd IEC Meeting and 24th ICID Congress: 73rd IEC meeting and 24th ICID Congress will be held from 29 May to 6 June 2022 in Adelaide, Australia, hosted by Irrigation Australia Ltd., & Irrigation Australia's Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID). For more information, please contact Mr. Bryan Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL) (Incorporating IACID); Email: bryan.ward@irrigation.org.au, info@irrigation.org.au.

74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4): 74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) will be held during 16-22 April 2023 in Beijing China.

 75th IEC Meeting and 25th ICID Congress
 75th IEC Meeting and 25th ICID Congress will be held in November 2023,     Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India
 
 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC):10th International Micro     Irrigation Conference (10MIC)  will be held in  September 2022 in Agadir, Morocco, as   a stand-alone event. Final Dates to be announced later.
 

The impact of data in agriculture
7 January 2021
Collecting and analyzing big data can not only improve the productivity of individual farms but also help halt a global food crisis.

https://www.analyticsinsight.net/the-impact-of-big-data-in-agriculture/

 

Solar energy and agriculture can mitigate climate change
7 January 2021
Co-developing land for both solar photovoltaic power and agriculture could provide 20% of total electricity generation in the United States with an investment of less than 1% of the annual U.S. budget, a new paper by Oregon State University researchers found.

https://www.novuslight.com/solar-energy-and-agriculture-can-mitigate-climate-change_N11192.html

 

Women in agriculture: potential and gaps
5 January 2021
Women in agriculture are gradually getting the recognition and protection they deserve. However, we have a long way to go before we create a gender equal world.

http://www.businessworld.in/article/Women-In-Agriculture-Potential-And-Gaps/05-01-2021-361955/                                                                    

 
Hundreds of Pacific Islands are getting bigger despite global warming                            
8 January 2021                                                                                                                                Scientists found atolls in the Pacific nations of Marshall Islands & Kiribati, as well as the Maldives archipelago in the Indian Ocean, have grown up to 8 per cent in size over the past six decades despite sea level rise. 
 
Oldest, thickest Arctic ice could fall victim to global warming, research finds                       
8 January 2021                                                                                                                            Last year, Arctic sea ice shrunk to its second-lowest summertime level since satellites began measuring changes in the ice 42 years ago.
 
Will global warming bring a change in the winds? dust from the deep sea provides a clue 
6 January 2021                                                                                                                              The westerly winds play an important role in weather and climate both locally and on a global scale, by influencing precipitation patterns, impacting ocean circulation and steering tropical cyclones.  
https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2021/01/06/westerly-winds-climate-change/                                                                                                                                                 
Istanbul’s drought raises ‘rain bomb’ debate among experts                                                         
10 January 2021                                                                                                                           
As Turkey’s most populous city faces an imminent drought due to a low volume of rainfall and increased consumption amid the ongoing pandemic. 
 
Extreme 14th century droughts may provide insight into our climate change crisis                   
9 January 2021                                                                                                                                During the early 14th century, north and south regions all over Medieval Europe appear to have see-sawed between extreme rainfall and extreme drought. 
 
A year with historical drought                                                                                                            8 January 2021                                                                                                                                The year 2020 will leave a historic milestone for the Mekong Delta agriculture sector with drought, saltwater intrusion and natural disaster response. 
   
Flood-resistant oyster reefs may soon return to Mission Bay                                                    
10 January 2021                                                                                                                            Oyster reefs could help fight the impact of predicted sea level rise, which is a major threat to Mission Bay because of its location just east of the Pacific Ocean. 
 
More than 48,000 people evacuated in Malaysia to escape floods                                                   8 January 2021                                                                                                                                              
More than 48,000 people in six Malaysian states were sheltering in 400 relief centres to escape rising floodwaters as monsoon rain continued to lash parts of the country.
 
Hunger looms large in flood-ravaged South Sudan                                                                          5 January 2021                                                                                                                                Food production South Sudan is often affected either by floods of drought, as well as pockets of conflicts that still go on in some parts of the country.
                                                                                                                         
COVID-19 caused food insecurity to soar, but climate change will be much worse                        6 January 2021
One in 33 people will require humanitarian aid to meet basic needs like food and water in 2021, a rise of 40% from these year.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/climate-change-covid-coronavirus-environment-food-insecurity-security-global                                                                                                                                  
The key to food security is crop diversification                                                                               
5 January 2021                                                                                                                              Studies propose crop diversification as a robust risk management strategy to increase production and food security.
 
Gender equality and food security in rural South Asia: a holistic approach to the SDGs                4 January 2021                                                                                                                                In South Asia, food security and nutrition have not improved significantly despite the region’s economic growth.
                                                                                       
Making India's agricultural sector self-reliant and pandemic proof
8 January 2021
India has the second-largest irrigated area in the world after China, only one-third of India’s harvested area is under proper irrigation.
 
Water education for sustainability and food security
5 January 2021
Water  is  one of  the  most vital resources in agriculture that plays role in enhancing food production to meet the demand of growing population.
 
In many parts of the world, the ground is literally Sinking
5 January 2021
Extracting underground natural resources is causing land to sink in on itself, which will put 635 million people at risk by 2040.

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