ICID Activities Related to Drought , Water Scarcity and Risk Management
Irrigated Agriculture Under Drought and Water Scarcity (WG – IADWS)
Working Group 2000 - 2008
WG – IADWS activities
• Annual meetings at ICID-IEC meetings• Three workshops– Drought Management Strategies in Different
Countries - Montpellier – France– Water Harvesting and Sustainable Agriculture -
Moscow – Russia– Drought Management Strategies - Tehran – Iran
• Compiling a Comprehensive Questionnaire
Editing a Book as :
Irrigation Under Drought and Water Scarcity• Literature review• Appropriate drought indices• Drought management strategies• Drought prediction• Non-Conventional water use in agriculture
Working Group “DROUGHT”
2009 - 2015
Drought Management Strategies
• Field experiences upon the implementation
• Drought risk management strategies for agriculture , livestock and rural livelihood
Coping with water scarcity
• Re-evaluation of the validity of the conventional crop water requirement computation based on climate data
• Approaches and strategies for economical justification for the amount of water to be allocated for agricultural production
• Re-defining , as necessary , the conventional irrigation efficiency concept
Rainfall management for sustainable agriculture
• Innovation in technology and management• Agro-technical improvements• Soil and water relationships enhancement• Biotechnology and crop’s adaptabilities• Rain fall effectiveness and productivities
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