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ICID e-Bulletin Your Weekly News Wrap 25 January 2021

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icid@icid.org                                                                                  25 January 2021

A Roundtable Meeting on Financing Agricultural Water, hosted by the UN-FAO and the OECD, will be held on 27 – 28 January 2021.

Click the link below to register:

https://meetoecd1.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rdOGgrjgqG9Yec1iOq0zsV4wE979QQgm5

 

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

Click for direct access 

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1531-0361 

 

'Water Heritage for Climate Adaptation' during the Climate Adaptation Summit on 25th and 26th of January 2021 can be watched free online on the website of the Climate Adaptation Summit:
https://www.cas2021.com/ 

 

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 30 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,  http://www.irrigationaustralia.com.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.
Tomatoes are grown in Appalachia herald shift in U.S. agriculture
24 January 2021
In a recent global survey, agritecture consulting, which works with urban farmers found that at least 74 indoor farming companies were founded in 2020 alone.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jan/24/tomatoes-grown-in-appalachia-herald-shift-in-us/?latest
 
Global farm minister urge free food trade during pandemic
22 January 2021
About 40 countries worldwide do not have enough farmland to feed themselves and are dependent on food imports.
https://www.agriculture.com/markets/newswire/global-farm-ministers-urge-free-food-trade-during-pandemic
 
Innovation to counter food supply-chain disruptions and spur recovery
19 January 2021
At global forum for food and agriculture in Berlin, FAO-DG appeals for a creative and integrated approach to agri-food systems to drive recovery from COVID-19 and achieve a sustainable world.
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/innovation-counter-food-supply-chain-disruptions-and-spur-recovery
 
Climate change will cause a shift in earth's tropical rain belt threatening water and food supply for billions - study                                                                          
24 January 2021                                                                                                         
Madagascar is already seeing the devastating impacts of continuous drought. Half of the region's population has been impacted by several years of drought - UN.                                     

Half of those surveyed are unaware of the link between climate change and diseases like COVID-19                                                                                          
20 January 2021                                                                                                                            Measures such as improved surveillance of infectious diseases in wildlife and humans, and greater protection of the natural environment, could help reduce the risk of future outbreaks.   
                                                                                                                                                       
Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic & we need to act fast                                            19 January 2021                                                                                                                            The potential collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is seen as a key tipping point, as its loss could eventually raise the global sea levels by 3.3 meters with important regional variations.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/climate-change-sudden-cataclysmic-need-act-fast/                                                                                                                                                            
Extreme droughts may hit twice as many people by century's end                                             
20 January 2021                                                                                                                            They predict a large reduction in natural land water storage in two-thirds of the world, caused by climate change will exacerbate the issue.  
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/extreme-droughts-double-people-affected-century/                                                                                
UN seeks $76 mn in emergency aid for Madagascar, hit by 'worst drought in a decade'         
20 January 2021                                                                                                                            The assistance would help improve food security for 1.1 million people, provide water access for over 400,000 people, and give nutritional support to 300,000 children under the age of five.      
                                               
The ongoing collapse of the world's aquifers                                                                               
19 January 2021                                                                                                                              As the growing human population and more intense droughts brought on by climate change are putting ever more stress on water supplies.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-ongoing-collapse-of-the-worlds-aquifers/                                                                                                                         
Cyclone Eloise brings floods to Mozambique's second city Beira                                                      24 January 2021                                                                                                                              Parts of central Mozambique have been flooded after Cyclone Eloise struck near the port city of Beira with wind speeds of up to 160km/h.                                                                                                         

More than 260 airports at risk of getting submerged due to sea-level rise, coastal flooding:
study             
22 January 2021                                                                                                                              Sea level rise is fueled by ocean warming and higher atmospheric temperatures that cause ocean water to expand and glaciers and ice sheets to melt, according to NOAA.                                                         

NJ municipalities warned they will need to take a bigger role in climate planning                        22 January 2021                                                                                                                              Municipalities need to start planning their budgets to include set-aside stores for future climate-change needs.                                                                                                                                       
Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2020                                    20 January 2021                                                                                                                              UN agencies warn the economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific.                                                                                               
      
Research finds that multinational land deals harm local food security                                         
20 January 2021                                                                                                                              The goal was to use empirical data to sort out whether or not large-scale land acquisitions have improved food security by using empirical data.                                                                                                  https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/multinational-land-deals/101898/                                                                                          
Land deals meant to improve food security may have hurt                                                           
19 January 2021                                                                                                                            Following a global food crisis during the early 2000s, foreign investors purchased more than 220 million acres of land in middle-income and developing countries, according to the study.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uond-ldm011921.php                                                                                                 
 
The report reveals high levels of phosphates in the low reaches of river Teifi
23 January 2021
Lower parts of the river Teifi have failed to achieve stricter targets for phosphate levels which have been set for Wales’ rivers.

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