e-Courses to tackle gender inequalities in agriculture
31 August 2019
Women have generally not been having a say in deciding what to do on farms or manage produce as well as income, but a new project seeks to address that problem through e-courses on gender in agriculture.
https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/e-courses-tackle-gender-inequalities-agriculture
 

“Organic farming, as quickly as possible”
28 August 2019
Germany’s sustainable and efficient agriculture and food industry is regarded as a model for success in many parts of the world. For this reason, the Federal Government has been supporting other countries in the development of efficient, resource-friendly and entrepreneurial agriculture for almost 30 years.
https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/environment/agricultural-co-operation-projects

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Falling Life Expectancy Becoming The 'Climate Change' Of Health
30 August 2019
It’s official. Despite the incredible strides we’re seeing in science and technology, life expectancies are stalling or even falling in much of the developed world.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tinawoods/2019/08/30/falling-life-expectancy-becoming-the-climate-change-of-health/#78545cad6c61
 

Seaweed Farming Could Help Mitigate Climate Change
28 August 2019
Planting trees is not the only way to offset carbon for climate mitigation. Farming seaweed in our oceans could be another promising tool for the carbon neutrality toolbox, according to a new study.
https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/seaweed-farming-could-help-mitigate-climate-change
 

Climate change and infectious diseases – a partnership made in hell?
30 August 2019
Our future could very well play out like an apocalyptic Hollywood film, if two of our nemeses get together: climate change and infectious diseases. We have seen this partnership before, as climatic changes have occurred throughout history, and we are seeing already the (re)emergence of infectious diseases due to the effects of current climatic changes.

http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2019/08/30/climate-change-and-infectious-diseases-a-partnership-made-in-hell/

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European Commission’s drought relief proposal accepted
30 August 2019
BELGIUM — European Union member states agreed to a series of support measures proposed by the European Commission to assist farmers with financial difficulties due to weather and an increased need feed for animals.
https://www.world-grain.com/articles/12537-european-commissions-drought-relief-proposal-accepted

Farmers and animals struggle in drought-hit Botswana
30 August 2019
Around 38,000 livestock depend on the waters of Lake Ngami in northern Botswana, but the animals—like the lake itself—have been stricken by a crippling drought. Southern Africa has been hard hit by intensifying extreme weather conditions such as drought and floods, leaving millions in need of food aid.

https://phys.org/news/2019-08-farmers-animals-struggle-drought-hit-botswana.html

  


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Floods are impacted by a changing climate
29 August 2019
Climate change affects not only the temporal pattern of floods, but also their magnitude. This is shown by an international study which evaluated data from more than 3,700 flood monitoring stations throughout Europe over a period of 50 years.
https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/media-and-communication/news/all/article/floods-are-impacted-by-a-changing-climate/
 

China steps up disaster control amid wetter flood season
28 August 2019
Heavy floods have hit many parts of China since the start of the flood season due to severe rainfall this year, and preparations should be made for flood control in autumn, an official said on Aug 27. Droughts affected 3.67 million hectares of crops this year and led to a temporary water shortage impacting 1.16 million people, less severe than usual, Ye added.
https://reliefweb.int/report/china/china-steps-disaster-control-amid-wetter-flood-season

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A platform to increase food security and reduce crop losses
30 August 2019
Plantwise is a global food security programme platform that is led by CABI, a non-for-profit organisation focused on agriculture. The platform aims to increase food security and to improve rural livelihoods by reducing crop losses through establishing and supporting a network of Plant clinics.
https://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/news/platform-increase-food-security-and-reduce-crop-losses
 

Bacterial discovery could help crops withstand salty soils
30 August 2019
Researchers have produced plants that can withstand salty soil, a potential game-changer for global food security.

http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2019/08/inoculating-plants-with-bacteria-could-help-them-grow-in-salty-soils/

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Valley Irrigation's new software program to be available in early 2020
30 August 2019
Valley Irrigation has announced its Valley 365 crop management platform will be available for farmers in early 2020. Product Manager Ashley Anderson says the platform brings together all of the proven technology Valley has had into a single ecosystem where customers can use them all in one place.
http://norfolkdailynews.com/wjag/news/valley-irrigation-s-new-software-program-to-be-available-in/article_6390000a-caa6-11e9-8d3b-b7edaaf81e15.html

Israeli firm brings in irrigation intelligence
31 August 2019
To help farmers improve their water use efficiency Isreal-based micro irrigation firm Rivulis Irrigation India has introduced satellite data based irrigation intelligence on smart phone. Rivulis on Thursday announced the launch of "Manna", a satellite-based software solution to help growers use technology efficiently and improve their irrigation and water management.
https://www.asianage.com/business/in-other-news/310819/israeli-firm-brings-in-irrigation-intelligence.html
 

Peru’s ancient water systems can help protect communities from shortages caused by climate change
26 August 2019
Water is essential for human life, but in many parts of the world water supplies are under threat from more extreme, less predictable weather conditions due to climate change. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Peruvian Andes, where rising temperatures and receding glaciers forewarn of imminent water scarcity for the communities that live there.
https://theconversation.com/perus-ancient-water-systems-can-help-protect-communities-from-shortages-caused-by-climate-change-121284

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[[ WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ]]

Water not for all
30 August 2019
Isn’t it ironic that the Philippines, which is a tropical country surrounded by a plethora of rainforests, lakes, rivers and mountains, with an average annual rainfall of about 965 to 4,064 millimeters according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, has a severe chronic problem with access to clean water compared to arid countries like the United Arab Emirates or landlocked countries like Switzerland?
https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/08/30/opinion/columnists/water-not-for-all/608115/

10 major dams to go operational by yearend
25 August 2019
As reported by the portal of Iran’s Energy Ministry (known as Paven), currently 17 hydroelectric power plants with a total capacity of 3,800 MW are under construction across the country, which, once completed, will generate an average of 7,700 gigawatt hour (GWh) electricity on an annual basis.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/439594/10-major-dams-to-go-operational-by-yearend

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3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) and 70th International Executive Council Meeting, 1-7 September 2019, Bali, Indonesia
Theme: Development for water, food and nutrition security in a competitive environment
Website: https://icid2019.com/
 

International conference on Agriculture and Food Sustainability September 02-03, 2019 Rome, Italy
Theme: Together Towards Tomorrow on Food Sustainability
Website: https://foodmeet.foodtechconferences.com/

Water and Society 2019: 5th International Conference on Water and Society, 2 - 4 October 2019, Valencia, Spain. For more details, please visit: https://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2019/water-and-society-2019

3rd Annual Congress on Soil, Plant and Water Sciences, 11-12 November 2019, Madrid, Spain on the Theme: Invention of new significant tool for sustainable growth in soil, plant and natural resources on earth. Contact: Mr. Jack Watson, Program Manager. Email: socialscience@brainstromingmeetings.com, Website: https://soilscience.insightconferences.com/

Association Fran'aise pour l'Etude des Irrigations et du Drainage (AFEID), is organizing a two-day Conference on “Water Savings in Irrigation” from 13-14 November 2019 at Montpellier, France.
The objectives of the Conference are : (a) Exchange around the levers of water saving and efficiency improvements in irrigation; (b) Share the quantitative feedback on water savings achieved by a change of equipment or the adoption of piloting tools in the different EU countries; (c) Share the methodologies used in the various European countries for the ex-ante evaluation of potential water savings; present the French methodology established at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture; and (d) present technical innovations to save water in irrigation.
For further information on program, registration, submission of abstract etc., please visit conference website: https://watersaving.sciencesconf.org

11th Agrovision (National Expo, Conferences & Workshops) 22-25 November, 2019 Reshimbhag Ground, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Agrovision is a combination of Free Workshops, Exhibition and Conference which provides an excellent platform for the farmers and the agriculture industry to explore various opportunities. This is a B2B and B2C platform where organizations display latest technologies, products, services to farmers and various channel partners. The 4-day knowledge imparting movement is well attended by farmers, agri entrepreneurs from all parts of India. All the efforts of these years have resulted in building Agrovision as the India’s Largest Agri Summit. For exhibition or any other related queries please contact: anil.sharma@mmactiv.com, agrovisionnagpur@gmail.com, Website: http://www.agrovisionindia.in/
 

The International Conference on: Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA), 1-3 December 2019, Cairo, Egypt. Contact: Ms. Sara Youssef
Conference Coordinator fnssa@food-conference.org, Website: https://www.food-conference.org/events/food-nutrition-security-and-sustainable-agriculture-1st#objectiveoftheconference
 

5th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID), 16-19 March 2020, Water Museum, Marrakech, Morocco
Theme: Sustainable Management of irrigation for improved resilience of agriculture in Africa
Website: http://5arcid.ma/

Water Pollution 2020: 15th International Conference on Monitoring, Modelling and Management of Water Pollution, 13-15 May 2020, Valencia, Spain. For more details, please visit: https://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2020-conferences/water-pollution-2020; Email: wit@wessex.ac.uk

24th ICID International Congress & 71st IEC Meeting, 22-28 September 2020, Sydney, Australia
Website: http://www.icid2020.com.au

MinWat 2020: 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Mineral Waters: Genesis, Exploitation, Protection and Valorisation, 31 March-3 April 2020, Caserta, Italy. For more details, please visit: https://iah.org/events/minwat-2020; Email: segratario@iahitaly.it
 

24th ICID International Congress & 71st IEC Meeting, 22-28 September 2020, Sydney, Australia. For more info 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.icid2020.com.au
 

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Water–energy–food nexus
With a view to drawing attention to the interrelated nature of global resource systems, FAO is exploring how the water–energy–food nexus can support food security and sustainable agriculture worldwide. Population growth, rapid urbanization, changing diets and economic development are just some of the factors driving increased demand for water, energy and food. Agriculture is the largest consumer of the world's freshwater resources, and more than one-quarter of the energy used globally is expended on food production and supply. Feeding a global population expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050 will require a 60 percent increase in food production.

http://www.fao.org/land-water/water/watergovernance/waterfoodenergynexus/en/