Know Where and When to Apply Nitrogen Fertilizer
24 September 2019
As the seasons begins to change, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture encourages farmers and applicators to be patient if they plan to apply fertilizer this fall. Check the soil temperatures and delay application of anhydrous ammonia and urea fertilizer, as well as manure, in areas of the state suitable for fall application until the average soil temperatures reach 50 degrees F or below.
https://www.mda.state.mn.us/know-where-when-apply-nitrogen-fertilizer
 

Study urges shift to organic agriculture
24 September 2019
Organic agriculture could help countries meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, according to a recently-published study.
https://vegetablegrowersnews.com/news/study-urges-shift-to-organic-agriculture/

 
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[[ CLIMATE CHANGE ]]







Greta Thunberg got the world's attention. But are leaders really listening?
29 September 2019
When Greta Thunberg began her speech to the United Nations, it was clear from the start that her address to world leaders would be different. "My message is that we'll be watching you."
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/28/world/climate-change-youth-activists-greta-thunberg-world-leaders-inaction/index.html
 

How Electronics Can Help Tackle Climate Change
27 September 2019
You've probably heard about climate change and potential effects. An important question is "What big bad thing happens first, and when?" Even if we have no choice but to adapt to changes such as rising seas, we can do much to minimize the climate issues created by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Electronics can help, but we need engineers to step up and do the standards development and R&D to get us there.
https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1335154
 

Climate Change is Expected to Hit the World's Poorest Nations Hard. Here's What Three of Them ...
29 September 2019
Flash floods, forest fires, drought, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, earthquakes… you’d think all of these have something to do with the end of the world prophecy as read in the bible but no. These are the results of activities performed solely by man and if you connect the dots of these catastrophic events it will lead you to one thing – human-induced climate change.
https://ecowarriorprincess.net/2019/09/climate-change-world-poorest-nations/

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[[ DROUGHTS ]]





Drought-hit Australian towns prepare for 'unimaginable' water crisis
29 September 2019
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says the drought is being driven, in part, by warmer sea-surface temperatures impacting rainfall patterns. Air temperatures have also warmed over the past century, increasing the ferocity of droughts and fires.
https://www.trtworld.com/asia/drought-hit-australian-towns-prepare-for-unimaginable-water-crisis-30181
 

How Much Rain Will It Take to End the Drought?
29 September 2019
Much of our area remains under Abnormally Dry or Moderate Drought conditions, and without rain the drought continues to get worse. While there is no magic number for each drought, today we will discuss how much rain we need to break or end the drought. The maps below show the current drought conditions for Kentucky and Indiana.
https://www.wdrb.com/weather/wdrb-weather-blog/how-much-rain-will-it-take-to-end-the-drought/article_ddd6b6aa-dd85-11e9-87ff-67a20763ef3b.html
 

Central Georgia farmers say drought a blessing and a curse
20 September 2019
The lack of rainfall, not only for September, but for the year, has been both a blessing and a curse for farmers. Farmer Donald Chase checks in on some of his peanuts that didn't get much-needed water, otherwise known as dry-land crops.
https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/central-georgia-farmers-drought-blessing-curse/93-0aba154f-984f-47f2-9c1b-24e841ac5e84

   


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[[ FLOODS ]]






Homes, farms, livestock under high tide floods
29 September 2019
Guyana - Over 200 meters of the structure have been compromised. On Saturday a five-person team was deployed to the communities of Danzic, Columbia, Glazier’s Lust, Fair Field, High Dam and Prospect.
https://demerarawaves.com/2019/09/29/high-tide-floods-region-five-villages/
 

Managing the Big Data Flood
24 September 2019
Freak floods caused by downpours can cause devastating effects, but what’s that got to do with big data? Much like constant downfalls of water, there’s lots of data being generated — and it needs to go somewhere. Jonathan Wilkins, director at obsolete parts supplier, EU Automation looks at how to effectively funnel big data for use in operational risk management.
https://www.newequipment.com/industry-trends/managing-big-data-flood
 

Latest flooding raises concerns for possible 2020 flooding
21 September 2019
This week's flooding has continued to impact parts of Iowa. With winter just a few months away, the question of what happens to flood waters if they freeze into next spring is a growing concern.
https://www.3newsnow.com/news/2019-flood/latest-flooding-raises-concerns-for-possible-2020-flooding

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Helping small farmers as key to food security
29 September 2019
Food is everybody’s business. Whether you are an ordinary laborer, office employee, pro-fessional, entrepreneur or a rich businessman, you have a stake in making sure that affordable healthy food is accessible to each one of us.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/09/29/helping-small-farmers-as-key-to-food-security/
 

Celebrating World Food Day and a Season of Plenty
27 September 2019
Our market shelves are seldom bare, and most of us don’t really have to worry about having enough food to get through the winter. If we don’t have time to make tomato sauce or jam, we can just go to the store and buy some. Preserving the harvest is more of a choice than a necessity.
https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/the-connector/celebrating-world-food-day-and-a-season-of-plenty-1.23960036
 

Food Technology Challenge launched to help achieve food security in the UAE
26 September 2019
The seven-month Food Technology Challenge, the world’s largest food security programme, was launched this week, and will be awarded to four winners who can find solutions to the agricultural and food sectors through food value chains.
https://www.foodmatterslive.com/news-and-comment/news/uae-food-technology-challenge

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[[ IRRIGATION ]]






World Irrigation Systems Market 2019 Analysis and Forecast to 2024
28 September 2019
Irrigation Systems market research report provides the newest industry data and industry future trends, allowing you to identify the products and end users driving Revenue growth and profitability. The industry report lists the leading competitors and provides the insights strategic industry Analysis of the key factors influencing the market.
https://weeklyspy.com/2019/09/28/world-irrigation-systems-market-2019-analysis-and-forecast-to-2024/
 

Global Water Irrigation Timers Market forecast 2019 – 2025
30 September 2019
The research study on the global Water Irrigation Timers market equips you with detailed and accurate analysis that will help you to strengthen your market position. It provides latest updates and powerful insights about the Water Irrigation Timers industry so you could improve your business tactics and ensure strong sales growth in the coming years.
https://onedigiclick.com/2019/09/30/recent-research-global-water-irrigation-timers-market-forecast-2019-2025/
 

Your Chance to Drive Conversation on Water Technology
26 September 2019
We’ve heard talk before about the impending doom with the Ogallala aquifer if something isn’t done to curb irrigation withdrawals in the Great Plains. Although precision technology can make a big difference in boosting water-use efficiency, not enough farmers are using these kinds of tools, unfortunately.
https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/blogs/1-covering-no-till/post/9148-your-chance-to-drive-conversation-on-water-technology

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[[ WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ]]

Meru to ban planting of eucalyptus trees
30 September 2019
The county government of Meru is contemplating a ban on planting of eucalyptus trees, which destroy rivers.
https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/eastern/2019-09-30-meru-to-ban-planting-of-eucalyptus-trees/
 

How good is the Blue Peace Index?
30 September 2019
At World Water Week in Stockholm last month the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) together with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) launched the first edition of the Blue Peace Index. The index is described as, “a tool…for improving transboundary water cooperation and management of shared water resources.”
https://devpolicy.org/how-good-is-the-blue-peace-index-20190930/

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https://www.unccd.int/publications/vulnerability-food-insecurity-mountain-regions-land-degradation-and-other-stressors For more details, please visit: https://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2019/water-and-society-2019

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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Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Mountain Regions: Land Degradation and Other Stressors UNCCD Publications Protecting mountain ecosystems, promoting the sustainable use of natural resources and ensuring food security are all global priorities. To this end, Sustainable Development Goal 15 aims to promote actions that ensure the sound and sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems by promoting actions to control land degradation and maintain healthy vegetation cover. https://www.unccd.int/publications/vulnerability-food-insecurity-mountain-regions-land-degradation-and-other-stressors