Digital Technology in Agriculture Will Grow Faster
30 May 2019
Digital technology is making huge leaps in agriculture. California Ag Today recently spoke with Kirk Haney, CEO of Radicle Growth, a venture capitalist fund concentrated on developing new, innovative companies focused on food, agriculture, health, and sustainability.
https://californiaagtoday.com/digital-technology-agriculture-will-grow-faster/
Women increasingly at the wheel of agriculture
02 June 2019
Women have always played an important role in our country’s agriculture. In early times, they planted and harvested small garden crops to supplement the few acres of corn and meat brought in by their husbands. They used stone implements to grind their corn if no mill was nearby. As land was cleared, gardens grew in size and women planted a wider variety of vegetables, fruits and herbs and added poultry, milk cows and other livestock to their list of things needing attention.
https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2019/06/02/women-increasing-wheel-agriculture/1261460001/
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Carbon pricing needed to address climate change
02 June 2019
It is sometimes difficult to see the path forward on climate change. There are so many variables and misdirections. How do we address cow belches – one of the most problematic methane offenders? How do we get developing countries to accept limiting their carbon production without also asking them to slow their development? How do we get countries whose oil and gas reserves are their primary economic resources to stop pumping them out of the ground?
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/carbon-pricing-needed-to-address-climate-change/
The climate crisis is our third world war. It needs a bold response
04 June 2019
Advocates of the Green New Deal say there is great urgency in dealing with the climate crisis and highlight the scale and scope of what is required to combat it. They are right. They use the term “New Deal” to evoke the massive response by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the United States government to the Great Depression. An even better analogy would be the country’s mobilization to fight World War II.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/04/climate-change-world-war-iii-green-new-deal
UN Climate Change Annual Report Demonstrates Growing Climate Action
07 June 2019
UN Climate Change today launched its Annual Report, highlighting the progress made on tackling climate change in 2018 and the ways in which the international community can raise ambition and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.
https://unfccc.int/news/un-climate-change-annual-report-demonstrates-growing-climate-action
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[[ DROUGHTS ]]
Tree Rings, Droughts and Climate Change
30 May 2019
The tree rings do not only signify the number of years that tree has been alive, they also reflect the climate conditions of the area in which the tree has lived. The trees grow significantly different when it is subjected to extended dry periods.
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/21377/20190530/tree-rings-droughts-climate-change.htm
Rising temperatures are melting the Himalayan ice, will affect the drought buffer
30 May 2019
Each summer, the 95,000 glaciers in the mountain region spanning from Kyrgyzstan’s Alai range to the Himalayas produce enough meltwater to support 221 million people, researchers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) calculated.
That provides a crucial buffer against droughts, when rains fail and reserves are strained, according to the study, published in the journal Nature.
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/rising-temperatures-are-melting-the-himalayan-ice-will-affect-the-drought-buffer-6726871.html
Drought in Somalia Forces Thousands to Flee in Search of Water, Food
04 June 2019
Below average rains during the rainy seasons in Somalia have caused worsening drought in many parts of the country forcing more than 49,000 people to flee their homes since the beginning of the year in search for food, water, aid and work, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Babar Baloch said on Tuesday.
https://theglobepost.com/2019/06/04/drought-displacement-somalia/
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Floods, Infrastructure and Climate Change
03 June 2019
Farms, small towns and large cities throughout the Midwest are suffering under the impact of massive floods. The way we settled the land and our assumptions about flood control are hopelessly out of date. Massive damage has resulted from our development patterns, aging and no longer adequate flood control infrastructure and extreme weather exacerbated by climate change.
https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2019/06/03/floods-infrastructure-climate-change/
Google Maps can save your life during floods, earthquakes, other natural calamities
07 June 2019
Google Maps will roll out crisis forecast visualisation in several Indian cities starting Patna and then expand it to the Ganges and Brahmaputra regions.
https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/top-story/google-maps-can-save-your-life-during-natural-calamities-like-floods-earthquakes/story/354295.html
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[[ FOOD SECURITY ]]
Soil - the unseen solution to food security and climate change
30 May 2019
Fertile soils act not only as a carbon store but are a necessity for sustainable agriculture.
Feeding a growing global population and limiting the impacts of climate change are interwoven problems. We often hear of how stopping deforestation, changing how we eat and how we power our world, and reducing food waste, can improve the situation.
http://news.trust.org/item/20190530104949-1hxdu/
2019 Global Food Policy Report
31 May 2019
Improved Regional Ties and
Agricultural Reforms Offer Promising Opportunities for Rural Revitalization and Improved Food and Nutrition Security in Central Asia
https://www.ifpri.org/news-release/2019-global-food-policy-report-improved-regional-ties-and-agricultural-reforms-offer-0
Food safety is everyone’s business
06 June 2019
The first ever celebration of the United Nations World Food Safety Day, to be marked globally on 7 June, aims to strengthen efforts to ensure that the food we eat is safe.
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-06-2019-food-safety-is-everyones-business
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Global Drip Irrigation Systems Market 2019-2024: Industry Upstream and Growth Factor Analysis
30 April 2019
The Global Drip Irrigation Systems Market Report is an exemplary compilation of exhaustive analysis covering contemporary trends, dynamics, crucial facets, and driving forces of the global Drip Irrigation Systems market.
https://www.globalindustryjournal.us/81519/global-drip-irrigation-systems-market-2019-2024-industry-upstream-and-growth-factor-analysis/
A farmer in Punjab is rejuvenating sand dunes though drip irrigation
01 June 2019
For as long as Hasan Abdullah can remember the 50-acre sandy dune on his 400-acre farmland in Sadiqabad, Pakistan’s Punjab province, was an irritant – nothing grew on it. His farmland lies beside the vast Cholistan desert in a canal irrigated area east of the Indus River in Rahim Yar Khan district. Abdullah inherited it in 2005, when his father passed away. Until then he had been working in information technology.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1485906/a-farmer-in-punjab-is-rejuvenating-sand-dunes-though-drip-irrigation
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[[ WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ]]
World Bank study discusses sustainable water resources management of Vietnam
30 May 2019
Ensuring future water security in Vietnam will depend on meeting a host of critical challenges including emerging water stress, fast deterioration of water quality, and rising water-related disaster risks, resulting in a must to implement solutions to improve water productivity.
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/other/542439-world-bank-study-discusses-sustainable-water-resources-management-of-vietnam
Recycling Water in Water Scarce Region
31 May 2019
Climate conditions are becoming ever more extreme, with severe droughts, incessant rains and floods, melting glaciers, rising sea-levels, and devastating cyclones.
C https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/other/542439-world-bank-study-discusses-sustainable-water-resources-management-of-vietnam
Water management for global trade in food
03 June 2019
We need water for a variety of uses, but chief among them is to grow food. Seventy-one percent of water consumed globally is poured into crop and livestock production. Yet many agricultural producers live in water-stressed areas and the problem is growing worse.
https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/12266-water-management-for-global-trade-in-food
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LuWQ2019 – International Conference on Land Use and Water Quality: Agriculture and the Environment, 3-6 June Aarhus, Denmark
Website: http://www.luwq2019.dk/
12th World Congress on Plant Biotechnology & Agriculture, June 12-13, 2019 Panorama Hotel Prague, Milevská 7, 140 63 Praha 4, Czechia. Theme: Exceeding The Vision Towards a Sustainable Agriculture
Website: https://agriculture-horticulture.conferenceseries.com/europe/events-list/irrigation
FLOWPATH 2019 - Groundwater flow and resource management. 12-14 June 2019 Milano, Italy
Website: http://www.flowpath2019.polimi.it/
“Rethinking Water” Water Leaders Summit 2019, June 26 - 27 |Milwaukee, WI USA
Website: https://thewatercouncil.com/events/water-summit/
International Conference on Conservation Agriculture & Soil Tillage, June 28-29, 2019 Stockholm | Sweden - Theme: Exploring new methods towards sustainable agriculture. Website: https://agricultureconservation.conferenceseries.com/registration.php
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/
11th Agrovision (National Expo, Conferences & Workshops) 22-25 November, 2019, Reshimbhag Ground, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Website: http://www.agrovisionindia.in/
5th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID), 16-19 March 2020, Marrakech, Morocco. Theme: Sustainable Management of irrigation for improved resilience of agriculture in Africa. Website: http://5arcid.ma/
Roorkee Water Conclave, 26-28 February 2020. Contact: Organising Committee, Roorkee Water Conclave, Department of Water Resources Development & Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttarakhand, India. Website: www.iitr.ac.in/rwc2020/
24th ICID International Congress & 71st IEC Meeting, 22-28 September 2020, Sydney, Australia. Theme: Innovation and Research in Agriculture Water Management to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Website: http://www.icid2020.com.au
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Water Governance and Management in India: Issues and Perspectives
Volume 1 | Published: 2019
Authors: Girish Chadha, Ashwin B. Pandya
India has been facing severe water stress in recent years. The water management in the country needs a serious scientific understanding coupled with the cooperative approach rather than a competitive one. This book provides an insight into the current water regulations and highlights the need for effective water management and governance in India. It looks at current water regulations and underlines the need for an overhaul of some laws to ensure that high water usage efficiency is attained, groundwater depletion is arrested and management of available resources is carried out in a disciplined manner. The publication also discusses the role of stakeholder engagement and water pricing as means to manage increasing water demand across all sectors owing to rapid population growth and industrialization. An effective guide for researchers, policymakers and stakeholders for the knowledge and ideas contained, it provides well-researched insights into the underlying scientific principles and considerations towards attaining an equitable water resources regime.
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