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    From Secretary General’s Desk…..                To enable Irrigation and Drainage to play its          ICID at World Water Week
                                                    pivotal role in enhanced agriculture production                  2012
 Dear Friends,                                      and rural development, ICID plans to orient
                                                    its new Research Agenda to integrate within         The World Water Week, the leading
 Agricultural develop-                              the emerging agricultural innovation systems        annual global meeting place for supported
 ment plans are no                                  that are increasingly proving effective. ICID       international processes and programmes
 longer concerned                                   therefore lays emphasis on demand driven            in water and development, taking place
 almost exclusively                                 research and technology, accompanied by
 with staple food                                                                                       during August 26-31, with the theme:
                                                    the development of wider competencies,
 production. The new                                                                                    "Water and Food Security" will feature
                                                    linkages, enabling attitudes, practices,
 diversified agricultural                            governance structures, and policies that
                                                                                                        following workshops:
 activities provide                                 allow the knowledge generated through
 considerable income
                                                                                                           •   Best use of blue water resources
                                                    Irrigation and Drainage research to be put into
 and employment opportunities but are highly                                                                   for food security
                                                    productive use. Such an approach requires
 volatile not only to the given market situations   developing platforms for learning, sharing,            •   Rainfed production under growing
 but also to the variability of water available     communicating, and innovating.                             rain variability: Closing the yield
 for agriculture, particularly in arid and semi-                                                               gap
 arid regions. Changing climate would further       Creating such an enabling environment
 increase this vulnerability, thereby enhancing     to support the use of knowledge requires               •   Safeguarding global food security
 the need for efficient irrigation and drainage      structural changes not only at the national                and life supporting ecosystems
 management.                                        level but also in networking institutions like
                                                                                                           •   Health and food security
                                                    ICID that make the irrigation and drainage
 The water, food and energy inter-linkages          knowledge available through research and               •   Securing water and food in an
 have emerged strongly within the national          dissemination mechanisms. ICID has revisited               urbanizing world
 policies, paying far more attention to             its membership and the means of networking
 diversification into new crops, products,                                                                  •   Towards a green economy: The
                                                    and sharing and has taken steps to fill the
 and markets. Water and natural resources           gaps in its interaction mechanism.
                                                                                                               water-food-energy nexus
 management issues are complex and                                                                         •   Trade and food security
 require innovative solutions. Institutional        Broadbasing of its National Committees
 arrangements that facilitate innovative            to include all stakeholders within irrigation          •   Governance for water and food
 approaches based on best knowledge will be         and drainage sector started a few years                    security
 a key challenge for optimal use of irrigation      back. As a step further, ICID has now
                                                    opened its membership beyond the National           ICID is co-convening the Workshop:
 water. Partnerships will be key drivers to the
 holistic systems approach.                         Committees, to include individuals, institutions    ‘‘Best Use of Blue Water Resources for
                                                    and companies as direct members.                    Food Security’’ along with Stockholm
 It is widely recognized that scientific                                                                International Water Institute (SIWI),
 research that creates new knowledge and            ICID also proposes to organise a World
                                                    Irrigation Forum, once every three years, with
                                                                                                        International Water Management Institute
 technology and that can be transferred and                                                             (IWMI) and Food and Agriculture
 adapted to different situations has a crucial      an effort to bring together all stakeholders,
                                                    particularly engaged within the irrigation,         Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
 role in sustainable management of natural
 resources. Increasingly, decentralization of       drainage and flood management, on one                on 28th August 2012 from 8.00 to 17.30
 decision making process requires farmer's          platform. The First World Irrigation Forum          hrs in Room K 12.
 participation in a variety of platform which       will be held in Mardin, Turkey in September-
                                                    October 2013.                                       In addition, at the World Water Week
 draws heavily on their time, energy and
                                                                                                        2012, ICID will be participating in the
 resources. ICID in collaboration with World        Best regards,
 Bank and FAO has made efforts in the past
                                                                                                        following events: (1) Governance for water
 in that direction through International Program                                                        and food security and (2) Safe use of
 for Technology                                                                                         wastewater in agriculture. Besides, Prof
                                                    Avinash C. Tyagi                                    Gao Zhanyi, President of ICID, President
                                                    Secretary General                                   Hon. Prof Chandra Madramootoo,
                                                                                                        Vice President Mr. François Brelle and
                                                                                                        Mr. Avinash Tyagi, Secretary General of
                                                                                                        ICID will be participating in these sessions,
                                                                                                        either as Chairman of the workshop or
                                                                                                        a keynote speaker and/or as a panelist.
                                                                                                        President Gao has also been invited
                                                                                                        by ADB to be a panelist in the session

1                                                           ICID News Update                                                   August 2012
‘Eye on Asia: Water and Food Security’.
Representatives from other ICID National
                                                  ICID Opens its Doors to all Stakeholders in Irrigation
Committees will also be participating in
                                             Established on 24 June, 1950,                2. M a k e   their    voice   heard
this week.                                                                                   and contributing to improved
                                             International Commission on
With a substantial increase in the           Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) is a             understanding between stakeholders,
demand for food and other agricultural                                                       while enabling new ideas on water
                                             Scientific, Technical and Voluntary
                                                                                             policy to surface.
commodities coupled with more irregular      Not-for-profit Non-Governmental
rainfall pattern and higher temperatures     International Organization (NGO)             3. Benefit from worldwide exposure
as a result of climate change, different     headquartered in New Delhi, India.              of their organization’s activities by
types of water storage and allocation        ICID carries out its activities through         using the Commission’s name, logo
to agriculture will, however, continue to                                                    and communication tools and by
                                             110 participating countries spread all
                                                                                             participating in the Commission’s
be critically important. The Workshop        over the world.                                 activities.
will explore the kind of innovations
that may lead to improved efficiency in       ICID Mission is ….                           4. Stay informed on recent irrigation,
irrigation; the potential for an expansion                                                   drainage and flood management news
                                             To stimulate and promote the development        and events through Commission’s
of supplementary irrigation and the scale
                                             and application of the arts, sciences and       publications.
of investments that are needed in blue       techniques of engineering, agriculture,
water management for food security in a      economics, ecological and social             5. Influence policy makers to develop
context of multiple and competing uses.      sciences in managing water and land             sound irrigation-related policies and
                                             resources for irrigation, drainage, flood        give it greater priority in the political
International Commission on Irrigation                                                       agenda through the latest updates
                                             management, including research and
and Drainage (ICID) is co-convener                                                           on upcoming water events, access
                                             development and capacity building
of some of these sessions with UN-           for achieving sustainable irrigated             to articles, posters and abstracts
Water Decade Programme on Capacity           agriculture.                                    and papers from our series of ICID
Development (UNW-DPC), World                                                                 Congresses.
Health Organization (WHO), Food              Not just engineering ….                      6. Avail the opportunity to engage
and Agriculture Organisation of the                                                          in professional networking and
United Nations (FAO), United Nations         ICID works towards creating a synergy           information exchange activities
Environment Programme (UNEP), United         between land, agricultural and water            through participation in National
                                             policies, improvement of irrigation             Committees and Regional Working
Nations University Institute for Water,
                                             schemes, increased investment both from         Groups, and in international
Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH),          public and private sectors for expansion
and International Water Management                                                           programmes and processes as
                                             of irrigated area and modernization of          representatives of ICID.
Institute (IWMI). Contact: Mr. Avinash C.    infrastructures. ICID focus is not just
Tyagi, Secretary General, ICID; e-mail:      limited to the engineering aspects of        7. Benefits from membership, such
icid@icid.org                                irrigation and drainage. Its technical          as:
                                             workbodies deal with all aspects
                                             including agronomic, environmental and          a. receiving electronic copy of the
 Agricultural Drainage Needs                                                                    ICID Journal on Irrigation and
                                             management of irrigation, drainage and
    and Future Priorities                    flood management.                                   Drainage, Annual Report and
                                                                                                ICID News free of cost1
ICID’s 11th International Drainage
                                             In tune with changing times ….                  b. in addition, receiving 2,4 and 6
Workshop (IDW) is being organized by
                                                                                                copies of the ICID Journal on
the Egyptian National Committee on           Recognizing that the benefit of science             Irrigation and Drainage at 50
Irrigation and Drainage (ENCID), from        and technology can only be realized                percent price based on the type
23-27 September 2012 at Cairo, Egypt.        through innovation and moving with                 of company or institution.
                                             the changing times, ICID bring all
The main theme of the Workshop               stakeholders in its core activities under       c. special discount on all ICID
is “Agricultural Drainage Needs and          one umbrella. Thus, born the idea of               publications;
Future Priorities”. The workshop has         granting membership in ICID through
                                                                                             d. special advertisement rates in
five main topics with 28 subtopics for        DIRECT MEMEBERSHIP to companies,
                                                                                                ICID publications, website, etc.;
paper submission. The main topics are:       institutions, individuals associated
                                                                                                and
                                             with irrigation, drainage and flood
(i) Planning and Design of Drainage
                                             management for sustainable agriculture          e. special exhibition rates and
Systems; (ii) Improvement of Drainage        and rural development.                             registration fees during ICID
Technology and Techniques; (iii) Drainage                                                       events.
Management; (iv) Environmental Aspects       Providing all stakeholders a
and Climatic Change; and (v) Research        platform …                                   Contact: Dr. S.A. Kulkarni2, Executive
Development and Capacity Building.                                                        Secretary, ICID, New Delhi, India.
                                             By Joining ICID, individuals, companies
Registration: Please hurry up and register   and institutions working or concerned
before 22 August 2012 to avail the early     with irrigation, drainage and flood-related
bird registration fee of US dollar 500 for   issues would:
ICID members. The On-line registration                                                    1. Except when hardcopies are requested,
                                             1. Be part of an international                  nominal charges plus postal charges will
is available at <http://encid.org.eg/nwrc/
                                                platform which offers opportunities to       have to be paid.
Registration.htm>.
                                                exchange knowledge and experience         2. Please contact Dr. Kulkarni at <icid@icid.
Contacts: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hassan              with others and to establish                 org> for Direct Membership.
Amer, ENCID Chairman, Tel. No.: (+2             partnerships.


2                                                  ICID News Update                                               August 2012
02) 44464505 / 010-16419861; E-mail:            For any additional information regarding                         Obituary
<encid@link.com.eg> The workshop                Symposium arrangements (registration
website <http://www.encid.org.eg/idw11>         and accommodation), please contact                              It is with deep regrets that
provides more details.                          Lalique Smit, E-mail: congress@internext.                       we place on record the sad
                                                co.za, Tel: (051) 436 8145.                                     and untimely demise of Vice
    Irrigation in a Changing                                                                                    President Hon. Prof. Qishun
                                                                                                                Zhang on 7th August 2012.
           Environment                                  Online learning tutorial                                Prof. Zhang was born in
                                                              on “IWRM”                                         1931, had a long experience
The South African National Committee on
                                                                                                 of over 37 years in the field of research,
Irrigation and Drainage (SANCID) will be                                                         design and construction related to irrigation,
                                                The increasing conviction of the reality of
organizing the SANCID 2012 Symposium                                                             flood control and sedimentation. He had
                                                climate change provides a new impetus
during 20-23 November 2012 at Alpine                                                             vast experience of the Irrigation and
                                                for reforming water management. The
Heath Resort, Drakensberg, South                                                                 Drainage in the lower reach of Yellow
                                                IWRM approach provides management
Africa. The theme of the Symposium is                                                            river and had worked as an expert / team
                                                instruments and tools for effective              leader for several projects. He started his
‘Irrigation in a Changing Environment’.
                                                adaptation. For simple self-learning on          work with the China Institute of Water
The Symposium has the following four
                                                IWRM and adaptation to climate change,           Resources and Hydropower Research
sub-themes, besides a special session:
                                                Cap-Net, WMO/APFM, UNESCO-IHE and                (IWHR) as Engineer in 1958.
    •    Humans at the forefront of             other partners have developed an online          He was Vice President of ICID for the
         watershed management                   tutorial based on the training manual and        term 1997-2000 and Vice President of
    •    Climate change and irrigation:         facilitators guide "IWRM as a Tool for           China Institute of Water Resources and
         Adaptation and resilience              Adaptation to Climate Change".                   Hydropower Research (IWHR) since
                                                                                                 January 1985. Prof. Zhang was a member
    •    Impact of irrigation on natural                                                         of IWRA, China Society for Sustainable
                                                The tutorial is intended to contribute to
         resources and ecology and impact                                                        Development and Vice President and
                                                a better understanding of the use and
         of the natural environment on                                                           Secretary General of the Chinese National
                                                effectiveness of application of IWRM
         irrigation                                                                              Committee of ICID (CNCID). He had been
                                                concepts and principles when strategizing        associated with several UNDP, EC and ADB
    •    Design and management                  for climate change adaptations. The              projects and was an expert in joint team
         responses to economic challenges       target audience includes water managers          on flood control and river training projects
Special Session: Coping with change:            and high level officials responsible for          in Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh. Prof.
Farmers’ perspectives                           developing adaptation strategies, besides        Zhang had published several technical
                                                academicians and students.                       papers in journals in China and abroad.
For more information regarding the                                                               Prof. Qishun Zhang’s contribution and
Symposium programme, please contact             For more information, access their website       dedication to ICID are widely recognized
Michael van der Laan, Chairman of the                                                            in the ICID fraternity and will be long
                                                at http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/tutorial/       remembered. His valuable contribution as
Organizing Committee, E-mail: michael.          index.html                                       an outstanding professional in the field of
vanderlaan@sugar.org.za; Tel: 076 793                                                            research, design and construction related
3597                                                                                             to irrigation, flood control and sedimentation
                                                                                                 are well-known.
    Call for Papers — 22nd ICID Congress on Irrigation and Drainage                              At this time of great grief, ICID fraternity
                                                                                                 records its profound sympathy and heartfelt
 ICID Congresses are held once in three         58.2:    Revisiting Design and Operation         condolences to the bereaved family and
 years in any one of its member countries.               Criteria for Irrigation and Drainage    to the members of the Chinese National
 The 22nd Congress of ICID will be held                  Facilities                              Committee of ICID. May his soul rest in
 during 14-20 September, 2014 at Gwangju                                                         peace!
 Metropolitan City, South Korea. The theme      58.3:    Managing Frequent Floods and
 of the Congress is “Securing Water for                  Droughts
 Food and Rural Community under Climate                                                                New Publication:
 Change”.                                       Question 59: How do Irrigation and Drainage
                                                Interventions secure food production and             Small-scale finance for
 During the Congress, papers are presented      livelihood for rural community?                       water and sanitation
 and discussed for two Questions, a Special
 Session, a Symposium, and numerous             59.1     Securing Water and Livelihood of       In the race to achieve the Millennium
 Workshops. For the Questions, authors                   Rural Community                        Development Goals (MDGs), the role
 can submit papers through their National       59.2     Improving Irrigation Efficiency         of small-scale WATSAN (water and
 ICID Committees. For the Special Session,                                                      sanitation) providers is indispensable.
 Symposium and Seminar, only one paper          59.3     Water Sharing and Water Transfer
                                                         in Water Stressed Areas                However, as this report claims, there
 per country can be submitted. The detailed
                                                                                                is little awareness or cohesion among
 ‘Call for Papers’ will be available shortly.
 The topics for the two Questions, Special      Special Session: New Partnership for Rural      external support agencies (ESAs),
 Session and Symposium are:                     Development                                     including EU donors, on the best way
                                                                                                to increase financing for small-scale
                                                Symposium: Non-point Sources Pollution
 Question 58: How Irrigation and Drainage       (NPS) and Best Management Practices             providers.
 play an important role in Climate Change       (BMPs)
 Adaptation?                                                                                    The objective of the report is to identify
                                                Contact: Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar, Director,     ways in which governments and ESAs
 58.1:    Understanding Impacts of Climate      ICID and Congress Coordinator (E-mail:          can increase access to finance for small-
          Change on Land and Water Use          icid@icid.org)                                  scale WATSAN providers by channeling


3                                                        ICID News Update                                                August 2012
public funding to support the market            News from ICID National
and leverage private sector financing.                                                         Global Water Framework
                                                     Committees
The ultimate objective in doing so is                                                       The 6th World Water Forum (WWF6)
to increase access to services for poor                 CNCID (China)                       Organizing Committee and the international
households.                                                                                 forum committee has recently presented
                                             New postal address of Dr. Gao Zhanyi,          the ‘Global Water Framework’ document as
The report finds that households in           President, ICID, is:                           its final report. This report brings together
developing countries invest more than                                                       the outcomes of various sessions held at
donors or governments in water and              China Institute of Water Resources          WWF 6. The document can be accessed
sanitation services, but these investments      and Hydropower Research, A1, Fuxing         at <http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/
are often 'sub-optimal' because of              Road, Beijing 100038, China, Tel: +86-      documentation/publications/>
limited access to finance. WATSAN                10-68781831, Fax: +86-10-68781153
entrepreneurs, although providing critical   New E-mail address of CNCID                   in inclusive business innovation. JISL has
services particularly for the poor, often    Secretariat                                   bagged the award for its contribution to
find that their financing needs fall in the
                                                The new E-mail address of Chinese          the agricultural sector.
'missing middle' (estimated roughly at
between USD 2000 and 100,000). Limited          National Committee on Irrigation and       Readers may recall that Mr. Anil Jain,
access to financing is a key obstacle for        Drainage (CNCID) is <cncid_office@          Managing Director of Jain Irrigation
small-scale finance recipients to deliver        sina.cn>                                   Systems Ltd. delivered a keynote on
sustainable services.                                                                      the occasion of ICID’s 62nd Foundation
                                                     PANCID (Pakistan)                     Day celebration at New Delhi in 2011.
The report has been developed as part                                                      In his address, Mr. Jain emphasized the
of a component of the work programme         The new e-mail address of Vice President      need for boosting training and knowledge
of the European Union Water Initiative       Hon. Engr. Dr. Illahi B. Shaikh (Former       transfer to farmers through Farm Schools,
– Finance Working Group (EUWI-FWG).          Chief Engineering Adviser and Chairman,       Agricultural Science Centre, satellite
More publications by the EUWI-FWG are        Federal Flood Commission, Ministry of         communication and digital media in the
available at <http://www.gwptoolbox.org/     Water & Power) is <ibshaikh3@hotmail.         operation and maintenance of micro
index.php?option=com_content&view=ar         com>                                          irrigation systems, irrigation scheduling,
ticle&id=111&Itemid=70>                                                                    supply of crop water requirement data
                                                  SANCID (South Africa)                    to farmers for faster and successful
 IAH Canada 2012 Congress                                                                  implementation of the micro irrigation
                                             The new postal address of Dr. Michael
        40th Anniversary of                                                                technology.
                                             van der Laan (Secretary of Working Group
          IAH in Canada                      on Environment) is University of Pretoria,    Please access http://economictimes.
                                             Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028,      indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/
The Canadian National Chapter of IAH
                                             South Africa, Tel.: +27 12 420 3665;          corporate-trends/jain-irrigation-wins-g20-
will celebrate its 40th Anniversary of the
                                             Fax +27 12 420-4120, E-mail: michael.         award/articleshow/14318318.cms for
formation of the International Association
                                             vanderlaan@up.ac.za                           more information.
of Hydrogeologists in Canada by hosting
the 39th IAH Congress in Niagara Falls,
Canada, from 16-21 September 2012.                   Congratulations to                           Forthcoming Events
The Congress will allow the world’s                    Jain Irrigation                     ICID Events
hydro geological community to celebrate
together.                                    Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd (JISL), India's   11th International Drainage Workshop
                                             largest and world's second largest micro      (IDW), 23-27 September 2012, Cairo, Egypt.
                                             irrigation company has been declared a        Contact: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hassan Amer,
The 2012 Congress will allow presentations                                                 ENCID Chairman (Egypt), E-mail: encid@
on a wide variety of new and evolving        winner of the prestigious 'G20 Challenge
                                             on Inclusive Business Innovation'             link.com.eg, IDW website: http://www.encid.
hydro geological issue – (i) Energy                                                        org.eg/idw11
and Climate Change; (ii) Groundwater         award. The Company received this
Resource Analysis and Management; (iii)      globally acclaimed honor at a high profile     ICID’s 1st World Irrigation Forum
Groundwater / Surface Water Interaction      event at the G20 Leaders Summit held at       (WIF), 29 September - 5 October 2013,
(Ecohydrology); (iv) Groundwater Quality;    Cabos, Mexico in June 2012. The G20           Mardin, Turkey. Contact: Mrs. Serpil
(v) Karst Hydrogeology; and (vi) General     Challenge recognizes businesses that          KOYLU, Turkish National Committee, ICID
Hydrogeology and Geotechniques.              have succeeded in developing innovative,      (TUCID), Delvet Mahallesi Inönü Bulvari
                                             scalable and commercially viable inclusive    No. 16, 06100 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey,
More information is available at <http://    business models that addresses the            Tel/Fax: + 90 312 425 4614, E-mail:
www.iah2012.org/index.php> and <http://      particular needs of people living at the      tucid@dsi.gov.tr, serpil.koylu@dsi.gov.tr,
www.iah2012.org/anniversary.php>             base of pyramid. This is for the first time    Website: http://www.icid2013.org
                                             when 15 global companies from different
                                             fields have been awarded for their efforts


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  • 1. August 2012 Also at http://www.icid.org From Secretary General’s Desk….. To enable Irrigation and Drainage to play its ICID at World Water Week pivotal role in enhanced agriculture production 2012 Dear Friends, and rural development, ICID plans to orient its new Research Agenda to integrate within The World Water Week, the leading Agricultural develop- the emerging agricultural innovation systems annual global meeting place for supported ment plans are no that are increasingly proving effective. ICID international processes and programmes longer concerned therefore lays emphasis on demand driven in water and development, taking place almost exclusively research and technology, accompanied by with staple food during August 26-31, with the theme: the development of wider competencies, production. The new "Water and Food Security" will feature linkages, enabling attitudes, practices, diversified agricultural governance structures, and policies that following workshops: activities provide allow the knowledge generated through considerable income • Best use of blue water resources Irrigation and Drainage research to be put into and employment opportunities but are highly for food security productive use. Such an approach requires volatile not only to the given market situations developing platforms for learning, sharing, • Rainfed production under growing but also to the variability of water available communicating, and innovating. rain variability: Closing the yield for agriculture, particularly in arid and semi- gap arid regions. Changing climate would further Creating such an enabling environment increase this vulnerability, thereby enhancing to support the use of knowledge requires • Safeguarding global food security the need for efficient irrigation and drainage structural changes not only at the national and life supporting ecosystems management. level but also in networking institutions like • Health and food security ICID that make the irrigation and drainage The water, food and energy inter-linkages knowledge available through research and • Securing water and food in an have emerged strongly within the national dissemination mechanisms. ICID has revisited urbanizing world policies, paying far more attention to its membership and the means of networking diversification into new crops, products, • Towards a green economy: The and sharing and has taken steps to fill the and markets. Water and natural resources gaps in its interaction mechanism. water-food-energy nexus management issues are complex and • Trade and food security require innovative solutions. Institutional Broadbasing of its National Committees arrangements that facilitate innovative to include all stakeholders within irrigation • Governance for water and food approaches based on best knowledge will be and drainage sector started a few years security a key challenge for optimal use of irrigation back. As a step further, ICID has now opened its membership beyond the National ICID is co-convening the Workshop: water. Partnerships will be key drivers to the holistic systems approach. Committees, to include individuals, institutions ‘‘Best Use of Blue Water Resources for and companies as direct members. Food Security’’ along with Stockholm It is widely recognized that scientific International Water Institute (SIWI), research that creates new knowledge and ICID also proposes to organise a World Irrigation Forum, once every three years, with International Water Management Institute technology and that can be transferred and (IWMI) and Food and Agriculture adapted to different situations has a crucial an effort to bring together all stakeholders, particularly engaged within the irrigation, Organization of the United Nations (FAO) role in sustainable management of natural resources. Increasingly, decentralization of drainage and flood management, on one on 28th August 2012 from 8.00 to 17.30 decision making process requires farmer's platform. The First World Irrigation Forum hrs in Room K 12. participation in a variety of platform which will be held in Mardin, Turkey in September- October 2013. In addition, at the World Water Week draws heavily on their time, energy and 2012, ICID will be participating in the resources. ICID in collaboration with World Best regards, Bank and FAO has made efforts in the past following events: (1) Governance for water in that direction through International Program and food security and (2) Safe use of for Technology wastewater in agriculture. Besides, Prof Avinash C. Tyagi Gao Zhanyi, President of ICID, President Secretary General Hon. Prof Chandra Madramootoo, Vice President Mr. François Brelle and Mr. Avinash Tyagi, Secretary General of ICID will be participating in these sessions, either as Chairman of the workshop or a keynote speaker and/or as a panelist. President Gao has also been invited by ADB to be a panelist in the session 1 ICID News Update August 2012
  • 2. ‘Eye on Asia: Water and Food Security’. Representatives from other ICID National ICID Opens its Doors to all Stakeholders in Irrigation Committees will also be participating in Established on 24 June, 1950, 2. M a k e their voice heard this week. and contributing to improved International Commission on With a substantial increase in the Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) is a understanding between stakeholders, demand for food and other agricultural while enabling new ideas on water Scientific, Technical and Voluntary policy to surface. commodities coupled with more irregular Not-for-profit Non-Governmental rainfall pattern and higher temperatures International Organization (NGO) 3. Benefit from worldwide exposure as a result of climate change, different headquartered in New Delhi, India. of their organization’s activities by types of water storage and allocation ICID carries out its activities through using the Commission’s name, logo to agriculture will, however, continue to and communication tools and by 110 participating countries spread all participating in the Commission’s be critically important. The Workshop over the world. activities. will explore the kind of innovations that may lead to improved efficiency in ICID Mission is …. 4. Stay informed on recent irrigation, irrigation; the potential for an expansion drainage and flood management news To stimulate and promote the development and events through Commission’s of supplementary irrigation and the scale and application of the arts, sciences and publications. of investments that are needed in blue techniques of engineering, agriculture, water management for food security in a economics, ecological and social 5. Influence policy makers to develop context of multiple and competing uses. sciences in managing water and land sound irrigation-related policies and resources for irrigation, drainage, flood give it greater priority in the political International Commission on Irrigation agenda through the latest updates management, including research and and Drainage (ICID) is co-convener on upcoming water events, access development and capacity building of some of these sessions with UN- for achieving sustainable irrigated to articles, posters and abstracts Water Decade Programme on Capacity agriculture. and papers from our series of ICID Development (UNW-DPC), World Congresses. Health Organization (WHO), Food Not just engineering …. 6. Avail the opportunity to engage and Agriculture Organisation of the in professional networking and United Nations (FAO), United Nations ICID works towards creating a synergy information exchange activities Environment Programme (UNEP), United between land, agricultural and water through participation in National policies, improvement of irrigation Committees and Regional Working Nations University Institute for Water, schemes, increased investment both from Groups, and in international Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), public and private sectors for expansion and International Water Management programmes and processes as of irrigated area and modernization of representatives of ICID. Institute (IWMI). Contact: Mr. Avinash C. infrastructures. ICID focus is not just Tyagi, Secretary General, ICID; e-mail: limited to the engineering aspects of 7. Benefits from membership, such icid@icid.org irrigation and drainage. Its technical as: workbodies deal with all aspects including agronomic, environmental and a. receiving electronic copy of the Agricultural Drainage Needs ICID Journal on Irrigation and management of irrigation, drainage and and Future Priorities flood management. Drainage, Annual Report and ICID News free of cost1 ICID’s 11th International Drainage In tune with changing times …. b. in addition, receiving 2,4 and 6 Workshop (IDW) is being organized by copies of the ICID Journal on the Egyptian National Committee on Recognizing that the benefit of science Irrigation and Drainage at 50 Irrigation and Drainage (ENCID), from and technology can only be realized percent price based on the type 23-27 September 2012 at Cairo, Egypt. through innovation and moving with of company or institution. the changing times, ICID bring all The main theme of the Workshop stakeholders in its core activities under c. special discount on all ICID is “Agricultural Drainage Needs and one umbrella. Thus, born the idea of publications; Future Priorities”. The workshop has granting membership in ICID through d. special advertisement rates in five main topics with 28 subtopics for DIRECT MEMEBERSHIP to companies, ICID publications, website, etc.; paper submission. The main topics are: institutions, individuals associated and with irrigation, drainage and flood (i) Planning and Design of Drainage management for sustainable agriculture e. special exhibition rates and Systems; (ii) Improvement of Drainage and rural development. registration fees during ICID Technology and Techniques; (iii) Drainage events. Management; (iv) Environmental Aspects Providing all stakeholders a and Climatic Change; and (v) Research platform … Contact: Dr. S.A. Kulkarni2, Executive Development and Capacity Building. Secretary, ICID, New Delhi, India. By Joining ICID, individuals, companies Registration: Please hurry up and register and institutions working or concerned before 22 August 2012 to avail the early with irrigation, drainage and flood-related bird registration fee of US dollar 500 for issues would: ICID members. The On-line registration 1. Except when hardcopies are requested, 1. Be part of an international nominal charges plus postal charges will is available at <http://encid.org.eg/nwrc/ platform which offers opportunities to have to be paid. Registration.htm>. exchange knowledge and experience 2. Please contact Dr. Kulkarni at <icid@icid. Contacts: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hassan with others and to establish org> for Direct Membership. Amer, ENCID Chairman, Tel. No.: (+2 partnerships. 2 ICID News Update August 2012
  • 3. 02) 44464505 / 010-16419861; E-mail: For any additional information regarding Obituary <encid@link.com.eg> The workshop Symposium arrangements (registration website <http://www.encid.org.eg/idw11> and accommodation), please contact It is with deep regrets that provides more details. Lalique Smit, E-mail: congress@internext. we place on record the sad co.za, Tel: (051) 436 8145. and untimely demise of Vice Irrigation in a Changing President Hon. Prof. Qishun Zhang on 7th August 2012. Environment Online learning tutorial Prof. Zhang was born in on “IWRM” 1931, had a long experience The South African National Committee on of over 37 years in the field of research, Irrigation and Drainage (SANCID) will be design and construction related to irrigation, The increasing conviction of the reality of organizing the SANCID 2012 Symposium flood control and sedimentation. He had climate change provides a new impetus during 20-23 November 2012 at Alpine vast experience of the Irrigation and for reforming water management. The Heath Resort, Drakensberg, South Drainage in the lower reach of Yellow IWRM approach provides management Africa. The theme of the Symposium is river and had worked as an expert / team instruments and tools for effective leader for several projects. He started his ‘Irrigation in a Changing Environment’. adaptation. For simple self-learning on work with the China Institute of Water The Symposium has the following four IWRM and adaptation to climate change, Resources and Hydropower Research sub-themes, besides a special session: Cap-Net, WMO/APFM, UNESCO-IHE and (IWHR) as Engineer in 1958. • Humans at the forefront of other partners have developed an online He was Vice President of ICID for the watershed management tutorial based on the training manual and term 1997-2000 and Vice President of • Climate change and irrigation: facilitators guide "IWRM as a Tool for China Institute of Water Resources and Adaptation and resilience Adaptation to Climate Change". Hydropower Research (IWHR) since January 1985. Prof. Zhang was a member • Impact of irrigation on natural of IWRA, China Society for Sustainable The tutorial is intended to contribute to resources and ecology and impact Development and Vice President and a better understanding of the use and of the natural environment on Secretary General of the Chinese National effectiveness of application of IWRM irrigation Committee of ICID (CNCID). He had been concepts and principles when strategizing associated with several UNDP, EC and ADB • Design and management for climate change adaptations. The projects and was an expert in joint team responses to economic challenges target audience includes water managers on flood control and river training projects Special Session: Coping with change: and high level officials responsible for in Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh. Prof. Farmers’ perspectives developing adaptation strategies, besides Zhang had published several technical academicians and students. papers in journals in China and abroad. For more information regarding the Prof. Qishun Zhang’s contribution and Symposium programme, please contact For more information, access their website dedication to ICID are widely recognized Michael van der Laan, Chairman of the in the ICID fraternity and will be long at http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/tutorial/ remembered. His valuable contribution as Organizing Committee, E-mail: michael. index.html an outstanding professional in the field of vanderlaan@sugar.org.za; Tel: 076 793 research, design and construction related 3597 to irrigation, flood control and sedimentation are well-known. Call for Papers — 22nd ICID Congress on Irrigation and Drainage At this time of great grief, ICID fraternity records its profound sympathy and heartfelt ICID Congresses are held once in three 58.2: Revisiting Design and Operation condolences to the bereaved family and years in any one of its member countries. Criteria for Irrigation and Drainage to the members of the Chinese National The 22nd Congress of ICID will be held Facilities Committee of ICID. May his soul rest in during 14-20 September, 2014 at Gwangju peace! Metropolitan City, South Korea. The theme 58.3: Managing Frequent Floods and of the Congress is “Securing Water for Droughts Food and Rural Community under Climate New Publication: Change”. Question 59: How do Irrigation and Drainage Interventions secure food production and Small-scale finance for During the Congress, papers are presented livelihood for rural community? water and sanitation and discussed for two Questions, a Special Session, a Symposium, and numerous 59.1 Securing Water and Livelihood of In the race to achieve the Millennium Workshops. For the Questions, authors Rural Community Development Goals (MDGs), the role can submit papers through their National 59.2 Improving Irrigation Efficiency of small-scale WATSAN (water and ICID Committees. For the Special Session, sanitation) providers is indispensable. Symposium and Seminar, only one paper 59.3 Water Sharing and Water Transfer in Water Stressed Areas However, as this report claims, there per country can be submitted. The detailed is little awareness or cohesion among ‘Call for Papers’ will be available shortly. The topics for the two Questions, Special Special Session: New Partnership for Rural external support agencies (ESAs), Session and Symposium are: Development including EU donors, on the best way to increase financing for small-scale Symposium: Non-point Sources Pollution Question 58: How Irrigation and Drainage (NPS) and Best Management Practices providers. play an important role in Climate Change (BMPs) Adaptation? The objective of the report is to identify Contact: Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar, Director, ways in which governments and ESAs 58.1: Understanding Impacts of Climate ICID and Congress Coordinator (E-mail: can increase access to finance for small- Change on Land and Water Use icid@icid.org) scale WATSAN providers by channeling 3 ICID News Update August 2012
  • 4. public funding to support the market News from ICID National and leverage private sector financing. Global Water Framework Committees The ultimate objective in doing so is The 6th World Water Forum (WWF6) to increase access to services for poor CNCID (China) Organizing Committee and the international households. forum committee has recently presented New postal address of Dr. Gao Zhanyi, the ‘Global Water Framework’ document as The report finds that households in President, ICID, is: its final report. This report brings together developing countries invest more than the outcomes of various sessions held at donors or governments in water and China Institute of Water Resources WWF 6. The document can be accessed sanitation services, but these investments and Hydropower Research, A1, Fuxing at <http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/ are often 'sub-optimal' because of Road, Beijing 100038, China, Tel: +86- documentation/publications/> limited access to finance. WATSAN 10-68781831, Fax: +86-10-68781153 entrepreneurs, although providing critical New E-mail address of CNCID in inclusive business innovation. JISL has services particularly for the poor, often Secretariat bagged the award for its contribution to find that their financing needs fall in the The new E-mail address of Chinese the agricultural sector. 'missing middle' (estimated roughly at between USD 2000 and 100,000). Limited National Committee on Irrigation and Readers may recall that Mr. Anil Jain, access to financing is a key obstacle for Drainage (CNCID) is <cncid_office@ Managing Director of Jain Irrigation small-scale finance recipients to deliver sina.cn> Systems Ltd. delivered a keynote on sustainable services. the occasion of ICID’s 62nd Foundation PANCID (Pakistan) Day celebration at New Delhi in 2011. The report has been developed as part In his address, Mr. Jain emphasized the of a component of the work programme The new e-mail address of Vice President need for boosting training and knowledge of the European Union Water Initiative Hon. Engr. Dr. Illahi B. Shaikh (Former transfer to farmers through Farm Schools, – Finance Working Group (EUWI-FWG). Chief Engineering Adviser and Chairman, Agricultural Science Centre, satellite More publications by the EUWI-FWG are Federal Flood Commission, Ministry of communication and digital media in the available at <http://www.gwptoolbox.org/ Water & Power) is <ibshaikh3@hotmail. operation and maintenance of micro index.php?option=com_content&view=ar com> irrigation systems, irrigation scheduling, ticle&id=111&Itemid=70> supply of crop water requirement data SANCID (South Africa) to farmers for faster and successful IAH Canada 2012 Congress implementation of the micro irrigation The new postal address of Dr. Michael 40th Anniversary of technology. van der Laan (Secretary of Working Group IAH in Canada on Environment) is University of Pretoria, Please access http://economictimes. Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/ The Canadian National Chapter of IAH South Africa, Tel.: +27 12 420 3665; corporate-trends/jain-irrigation-wins-g20- will celebrate its 40th Anniversary of the Fax +27 12 420-4120, E-mail: michael. award/articleshow/14318318.cms for formation of the International Association vanderlaan@up.ac.za more information. of Hydrogeologists in Canada by hosting the 39th IAH Congress in Niagara Falls, Canada, from 16-21 September 2012. Congratulations to Forthcoming Events The Congress will allow the world’s Jain Irrigation ICID Events hydro geological community to celebrate together. Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd (JISL), India's 11th International Drainage Workshop largest and world's second largest micro (IDW), 23-27 September 2012, Cairo, Egypt. irrigation company has been declared a Contact: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hassan Amer, The 2012 Congress will allow presentations ENCID Chairman (Egypt), E-mail: encid@ on a wide variety of new and evolving winner of the prestigious 'G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation' link.com.eg, IDW website: http://www.encid. hydro geological issue – (i) Energy org.eg/idw11 and Climate Change; (ii) Groundwater award. The Company received this Resource Analysis and Management; (iii) globally acclaimed honor at a high profile ICID’s 1st World Irrigation Forum Groundwater / Surface Water Interaction event at the G20 Leaders Summit held at (WIF), 29 September - 5 October 2013, (Ecohydrology); (iv) Groundwater Quality; Cabos, Mexico in June 2012. The G20 Mardin, Turkey. Contact: Mrs. Serpil (v) Karst Hydrogeology; and (vi) General Challenge recognizes businesses that KOYLU, Turkish National Committee, ICID Hydrogeology and Geotechniques. have succeeded in developing innovative, (TUCID), Delvet Mahallesi Inönü Bulvari scalable and commercially viable inclusive No. 16, 06100 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey, More information is available at <http:// business models that addresses the Tel/Fax: + 90 312 425 4614, E-mail: www.iah2012.org/index.php> and <http:// particular needs of people living at the tucid@dsi.gov.tr, serpil.koylu@dsi.gov.tr, www.iah2012.org/anniversary.php> base of pyramid. This is for the first time Website: http://www.icid2013.org when 15 global companies from different fields have been awarded for their efforts INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE 48 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021, India, Tel: 91-11-2611 5679, 91-11-2611 6837, 91-11-2467 9532 Fax: 91-11-2611 5962; E-mail: icid@icid.org; Website: http://www.icid.org Editor: Dr. V.K. Labhsetwar, Director; DTP: Keshav Dev Tanwar, Central Office 4 ICID News Update August 2012