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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