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1 ICID News Update March 2010

Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture • Water for Food and Rural Development

News UpdateNews UpdateNews UpdateNews UpdateNews UpdateINTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

March 2010 Diamond Jubilee Year (1950-2010)

Dear Friends,

The World Water Day on22nd March 2010 would bethe occasion when ICID.UKwill consider the topic “FoodSecurity - Do We HaveEnough Water?”. TheirSpring Technical Meeting isalso likely to devote sometime to review the presentstatus and plausible futureorientation for ICID’s WatSave Awards,the flagship of our action to achieveglobal water savings. In quicksuccession I am sure that many NationalCommittees could also look at “FoodSecurity”, keeping some of the excellentrecommendations that emerged duringthe last WWF in Istanbul in perspective.ICID, as you are well aware played thekey role of coordinating a consortiumon the topic on “Water for food forending poverty and hunger”. May I alsoinform you that the Central Officewould be bringing out shortly apublication that would be available forall NCs capturing the entireproceedings?

The “Agriculture Water for Africa”(AgWA) Partners meeting is scheduledin Tunis (23-24 March) and ICID isdelighted to be invited and to highlightits activities relevant to AgWA’s workplan. I am grateful to PH Peter Leewho, at short notice, was gracious inaccepting our request to represent usat their meeting. PH Lee had earlierrepresented ICID in 2008 meetingstoo. PH Lee intends to amplify a fewaspects like ICID’s strength (i) Networkand advocacy (3rd AFRC in Mali, 2011,ICID’s collaboration regionally withSARIA and ARID) (ii) Special WorkTeam on Lake Chad Basin; (iii) TF onLDC in Africa etc. ICID’s Water Savingsinitiative through WatSave awards andthe outcome that was discussed in ourwebsite as the “Top Ten Technologies”emerging out of the past awards willalso be covered. Nevertheless ICID’s

workbodies handlingspecific issues of concernfor Africa would also figure.Our Mali NationalCommittee is likely to jointhis meeting. It would beinteresting if other NationalCommittees in AfricanRegion could also join theTunis AgWA partnersmeeting and strengthen ourrepresentation.

In my last message, I pleaded to theNational Committees in the Asianregion to supply some essential inputsfor our paper for the ADB Conferencein October 2010 in Manila on “WaterCrisis and Choices”. We still waitkeenly for your responses as it willenrich the ICID submission to ADBconference on a topic assigned to usspecifically. Central Office on its ownhas supplied a background paper onthis topic viz: “Technologies in IrrigatedAgriculture: Costs and Benefits”. Thisdraft is being made available to allNational Committees in the region. Welook forward to your supplementingspecific information to enable us toamplify good case studies andexamples.

The ongoing activities of the AsianRegional Task Force on ClimateChange (ARTF-CC) received a boostduring the month with an opportunityfor good interactions between VP Ganyand VP Ota. They held discussions inTokyo on the Climate Change relatedaction plans in the region as evolved,in a format by the TF which has beenshared with all NCs of the region.Besides, issues like the proposedinputs for the ADB paper also wereconsidered.

Best regards,

M. GopalakrishnanSecretary General

F r o m S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l ’ s D e s k . . .F r o m S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l ’ s D e s k . . .F r o m S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l ’ s D e s k . . .F r o m S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l ’ s D e s k . . .F r o m S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l ’ s D e s k . . .Vice Presidents fromJapan and Indonesia

meet in Tokyo(ARTF-CC)

ICID has joined the UN-Water TaskForce on Water and Climate throughWG-Climate. A Task Force on ‘ClimateChange and Irrigation (ARTF-CC) ofASRWG, focuses on studying the impactsand Strategies for addressing / adoptingthe challenges of climate change inirrigation and water management forsustainable agriculture.

A side meeting between Vice PresidentsShinsuke Ota (Japan) and Dr. A. HafiedA. Gany (Indonesia) was held on 3rd

March 2010 at Tokyo in Japan fordiscussing the activities related toAFRTF-CC.

Indonesia is one of the most importantcountries in South East Asia whoseexperiences are to be incorporated in theARTF-CC report. Appropriate case studyformats, proposed work assignment andfurther action plan of ARFT-CC werediscussed in the VPs meeting. On theside lines, a meeting with Director-General of the Ministry of AgricultureForestries and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japanand representatives from JapaneseInstitute of Irrigation and Drainage (JIID)and Rural Development Bureau, MAFFwas also held. [Source : INACID & JIID]



News from ICIDNational Committees

IAL (Australia)

Australian Irrigation Conference &Exhibition 2010

The Conference theme One Water ManyFutures will look to the future of irrigationand its role in food and fibre production,in our lifestyles and in its interaction withthe environment as the irrigation industryundergoes a transformation in policy andpractice.

A line-up of renowned keynote speakersfrom Australia and overseas will challengeand stimulate conference attendees. Thekey speakers are: (1) Professor KaderAsmal – He was Minister of Water Affairs(1994 – 1999) and Minister of Education(1999-2004) in the Mandela Governmentin South Africa, (2) Dr Sandra Postel –Dr. Postel directs the independent GlobalWater Policy Project, based in NewMexico, USA, (3) Professor ChandraMadramootoo – Dr. Madramootoo is aninternationally respected expert inwatershed management, irrigation,drainage and international agriculturedevelopment. Currently Dean, Faculty ofAgricultural and Environmental Sciences,McGill University, Canada, and aProfessor in the Department ofBioresource Engineering, he is alsocurrent President of the InternationalCommission of Irrigation and Drainage(ICID) and Chair of Canadian NationalCommittee of Irrigation and Drainage.

Registration brochure and moreinformation is available at<www.i r r igat ionaustra l ia.com.au>[Source : IAL]

AFGICID (Afghanistan)

Mr. Naseer Ahmad Fayez is the newfocal point for ICID in Afghanistan. Mr.Fayez is replacing Mr. Sultan Mahmood,General Director of Water Managementof Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW)in Afghanistan.

Mr. Fayez is General Director of IrrigationDepartment of Ministry of Agriculture,Irrigation and Livestock of Afghanistan.Afghanistan joined ICID in 2009 and Mr.

Fayez is going to establish the NationalCommittee of Irrigation and Drainage inAfghanistan shortly and also draft thechapter for this committee.

He can be contacted at<[email protected]>, mobile :0093-799314064. [Source : AFGICID].

BANCID (Bangladesh)

Mrs. Quamrun Nahar Khanam has takenover as the new Chairman of theBangladesh National Committee of ICID(BANCID). The contact coordinates ofMrs. Khanam are as below –

ChairmanBangladesh National Committee ofICIDMinistry of Water ResourcesGovernment of the People’s Republicof BangladeshBangladesh SecretariatDhaka – 1000Tel. : +880-2-7167473Fax : +880-2-7-162400E-mail : [email protected]

The ICID fraternity extends its warmwelcome to Mrs. Nahar Khanam andexpresses its thanks to Mr. Badrul AlamTarafdar, former Chairman for hiscontributions to ICID.

Md. Ahasan Ullah, Member-Secretary,BANCID has informed of their new e-mailas <[email protected]> [Source : BANCID}

AFEID (France)

Mr. François BRELLE has assumed thecharge as the new President of theFrench National Committee of ICID(AFEID) in place of Vice President Hon.Dr. Henri Tardieu, who recently retired.The contact coordinates of Mr. FrançoisBRELLE are as below –

Président, AFEIDDirecteur Technique de la Société duCanal de ProvenceLe Tholonet - CS 7006413182 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 05France

Tel : +33 4 42 66 70 76Fax: +33 4 42 66 70 80E-mail : [email protected],f r a n c o i s . b r e l l e @ c a n a l - d e -provence.com

Website : http://www.canal-de-provence.com/

We congratulate and welcome Mr.François BRELLE on assuming the officeof President of AFEID and look forwardto his active participation in ICID activities.Our profound gratitudes are due to VPHDr. Tardieu, who was closely associatedwith activities of ICID. [Source : AFEID]

ICID.UK (UK)

Food Security – Do We Have EnoughWater?

The ICID Spring Technical Meeting willbe held on 9 April 2010 at The Institutionof Civil Engineers, One Great GeorgeSt., London SW1P 3AA in UK. Themeeting will focus on the present debateabout the finite nature of world’s useablefreshwater resources and how achievingthe food targets of the future world iscontingent on introducing bettermanagement. Among speakers, PH JohnHennessy will focus on ‘Water savingsand the ICID’s contribution in the irrigatedagricultural, sustainable production sectorthrough WatSave; PH Peter Lee willspeak on ‘What can we learn fromWatSave?’ Dr. Chris Perry will cover on‘Saving water in a basin context- linkagesto surface and groundwater hydrology;setting priorities; and investing wisely’.

Contact: Mr. Tim Fuller, Secretary,ICID.UK <[email protected],[email protected]>. (Source: ICID.UK)

New E-mail address of President Hon.Peter S. Lee

Mr. Peter S. Lee, President Hon. has anew e-mail address as<[email protected]>. Allcorrespondences are solicited only to hisnew mail address by him.

MANCID (Malaysia)

Malaysian National Committee onIrrigation and Drainage (MANCID) haslaunched its new official website as<www.mancid.org.my>

Contact : Hj. Mohd Azmi bin Ismail,Secretary, Malaysian National Committeeon Irrigation and Drainage (MANCID), E-mail : < [email protected]; [email protected] > [Source :MANCID]



INACID (Indonesia)

The new address of Indonesian NationalCommittee of ICID (INACID) as below :

The Indonesian National Committee ofICID (INACID)8th Floor of the New Building,Directorate General of WaterResources (DGWR)Ministry of Public WorksJalan Pattimura No. 20/ Perc. No.7Kebayoran BaruJakarta Selatan, 12067Indonesia

Tel : +62-021-723-0318Fax : +62-021-723-0317E-mail : [email protected];[email protected]

AgWA Partners Meetingin Tunis

The works of ICID Working Groupsrelating to Africa are found to be ofsignificant relevance by Agricultural Waterfor Africa (AgWA), a new initiative forwater and energy related programmes.FAO, IPTRID, AfDB besides ICID areparticipants to this new initiative.

Mr. Peter S. Lee (UK), President Hon.ICID will be representing ICID at theAgWA Partners meeting on 23-24 March2010 at Tunis, Tunisia. PresidentHon. Lee highlight ICID’s activities ofrelevance to AgWA work plan. We hopethat the partnership between AgWA andICID will help the National Committeesand Regional Organizations in Africa togain on ‘Agricultural Water Management’issues. The outcome of the AgWAmeeting will benefit the AfRWG’s workplan as well.

Special Session onMekong River

Commission : A ReportA Special Session on Mekong RiverCommission was organized during the60th International Executive Council (IEC)and 5th Asian Regional Conference (ARC)on 09 December 2009 at New Delhi,India.

An overview of the Mekong River Basin’sresources, development opportunities,and challenges were the highlights of thisSpecial Session. The importance ofregional cooperation particularly, ‘BasinDevelopment Process’ for the waterresources development and planningwas emphasized. The resettlementsrelated issues are managed on `projectby project basis’. Rules and proceduresfor water utilization have been negotiated,agreed and approved by MRC Council.These include procedures for data andinformation exchange and sharing,procedures for notification and priorconsultation and agreement, water usemonitoring, maintenance of flows on themainstream, and water quality. Theminimum flows of the Mekong River willbe implemented based on the proceduresfor maintenance of flow on themainstream following the ‘TechnicalGuidelines’ being drafted by the MRCmember States.

The Climate change may not be a majorissue for the Mekong basin; however,rapid developments in the basin in thenext 20 years will have potential impactslike increase in salinity intrusion onVietnamese delta, impacts on mangroveforest, accelerated coastal erosions etc.Integrated river basin developmentplanning might be difficult to achievewithout active participation of theupstream countries. The MRC has strongmodelling tools; however, fishery impactscould not be calculated using hydrologicaland hydrodynamic models. The bigchallenge for MRC would be to harmonizeand satisfy all those needs of the riparianstates in the near future. Basindevelopment planning programme wouldbe an important tool in bringing theintegrated basin perspectives into nationalplanning, and for sustainabledevelopment and management of waterresources.

ICID WatSave Award2010

Nominations are invited for the ‘WatSaveAwards 2010’ from individuals / teamthrough National Committees /Committee. Awards are given in fourcategories viz. (i) Technology, (ii)Innovative Water Management, (iii) Youngprofessionals, and (iv) Farmer (new).Each award carries a prize money ofUS$ 500 and a Citation.

The deadline for receipt of the entriesfrom the applicants along with acompleted ‘Nomination Form’ etc. to theconcerned National Committee (NC) is30 April 2010 and from NCs to CentralOffice ICID, New Delhi is 31st May 2010.The entries should be submittedelectronically to respective NationalCommittees well in advance of thedeadlines to facilitate processing. Thenominations sent directly to the CentralOffice, ICID will not be entertained.Please visit <www.icid.org/awards.html> for further details.

New UN-Water ChairWe congratulate Dr. Zafar Adeel whosucceeds Dr. Pasquale Steduto as UN-Water Chair. Dr. Adeel is the Director ofthe Institute for Water, Environment andHealth at the United Nations University inHamilton, Canada.

Contact : <[email protected]> and<[email protected]>

Massive Earthquakein Chile

It is with profound sorrow and grief thatwe in ICID family took note of the greatdisaster gripping Chile as an aftermath ofan unprecedented earthquake on 27th

February 2010. As we understand about80 per cent of the South Americancountry’s population was affected by the8.8 magnitude quake, which occurredjust off the coast of Chile.

Chile is an active member of ICID familysince 1979. Our sympathies to all thoseaffected by the ghastly disaster andprayers for a speedy restoration of theirnormalcy.



INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE48 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 : [email protected]; Website : http://www.icid.orgEditor : Dr. V.K. Labhsetwar, Director; DTP : K.D. Tanwar, Central Office

World Water Day 2010The 22nd March 2010 is fast approachingand I am sure the National Committeeand other member of ICID have plans tocelebrate the ‘World Water Day 2010’ issome or other form. The theme of thisyear’s World Water Day is‘Communication Water QualityChallenges and Opportunities’. Pleaseaccess their website<www.worldwaterday.org> for moreinformation.

Please expedite a brief of the activityundertaken for its coverage in the nextissue of News Update. Don’t forget tosend a photo or two in high resolution.

Minutes of 60th IEC Meetingand Workbody Meetings

The printed version of the ‘Minutes ofthe 60th Meeting of the InternationalExecutive Council and pre-councilmeetings of various Workbodies’ heldat New Delhi, India during 06-11December 2009 has been sent toNational Committees by post. Theminutes are available on the ICIDwebsite <www.icid.org/minutes.html> as well.

Theme : ‘History of Irrigation in EasternAsia’

An International Seminar is being organizedby ICID’s Working Group on History ofIrrigation, Drainage and Flood Control(WG-HIST) during its 61st InternationalExecutive Council (IEC) Meeting and 6th

Asian Regional Conference from 10-16October 2010 at Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The seminar will focus on historicalevolution of an irrigation system andassociated governance mechanisms, aswell as adaptation measures (innovativemechanism or technology) to cope withrapidly changing economic, social andenvironmental conditions surroundingirrigated rice farming, in particular undersmall land holding, high sedimenttransportation, and high water fluctuation(drought and flood). Following are the sub-topics:

1. technology (efficient water use,water productivity increase, watersavings) and infra structuraldevelopment

2. management of organization (waterusers’ association, leadership,organizational setup)

Call for Papers - Seminar on ‘History ofIrrigation in Eastern Asia’, 13 October 2010

3. institutional and legal frameworks(rules, enforcement of rules, feecollection, federation of association,laws and regulations)

4. governance system (watergovernance structure, conflictresolution)

5. hydraulic structures andmanagement of irrigation system

6. sustainable development

7. comparative perspectives

Deadlines: Abstracts (500-600 words) by:24 April 2010; Acceptance of abstracts by:25 May 2010; Full length papers by:26 July 2010.

Please mail the ‘Expression of Interest’ andAbstract to Vice President Dr. Hafied A.Gany (Indonesia) with a copy to ICID CentralOffice.

Contact co-ordinates: Vice President Dr.Hafied A. Gany (Indonesia), E-mail:[email protected], [email protected],Tel: +62-021-846-1160; +62-021-723-0318;Fax: +62-021-723-0317

21st International Congress on Irrigation and Drainageand 8th International Micro-Irrigation Congress, 15-23October 2011, Tehran, Iran

ICID Congresses are held once in three years in any one ofits member countries. The 21st Congress of ICID will be heldduring 15-23 October 2011 at Tehran, Iran. The theme ofthe Tehran Congress is “Water Productivity Towards FoodSecurity”.

During the Congress, papers are presented and discussedfor two Questions, a Special Session, a Symposium, andnumerous Workshops. For the Questions, authors submitpapers through their National Committees of ICID, or throughthe International Organizations active in the field of irrigationand drainage. For the Special Session, Symposium andSeminar, only one paper per country can be submitted. Thetopics for the two Questions, Special Session, Symposiumand Seminar are :

A. Congress Questions

Question 56 Water and Land Productivity Challenges

56.1 Water and Land Productivity: Concepts, Indicesand Targets

56.2 Innovations, Technologies and best practices for

Call for Papers sustaining and/ or increasing Water and LandProductivity

56.3 Productivity of Poor Quality Waters for IrrigationUses

56.4 Improving Crop Water Productivity under StressedEnvironment

56.5 Irrigation and Drainage Management Improvements

Question 57: Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture

57.1 Drainage and Flood Management in RainfedFarming

57.2 Water Harvesting and Conservation

57.3 Supplementary Irrigation

57.4 Rainfed Farm Management

B. 8th International Micro Irrigation Congress :Innovation in Technology and Management of Microirrigation for Enhanced Crop and Water Productivity

C. Special Session: Modernization of Water ManagementSchemes

D. Symposium: Climate Change Impacts on Soil andWater Resources

E. History Seminar: Possibilities of Using TraditionalMethods in Modern Water Management Systems

SCHEDULE: Deadlines for Congress Questions, SpecialSession, Symposium, Seminar and Micro IrrigationCongress

• National Committees to intimate name(s) of author(s) ofpaper to the Central Office – 01 August 2010

• Submission of comprehensive “summary andconclusions” of about 500-600 words – 01 September2010

• Intimation of acceptance of “summary and conclusions”– 15 December 2010

• Receipt of full text of accepted papers –01 March 2011

Please access the ICID website (www.icid.org) or (http://www.icid2011.org) for details on : Scope of Topics and Sub-topics, submission and selection of papers, guidelines forpreparation of papers and proforma for authors and more.

Contact : Director, Central Office, International Commissionon Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), 48 Naya Marg,Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021, India, Tel: +91 1126115679, +91 11 26116837, +91 11 24679532, Fax : +9111 26115962; E-mail : [email protected] and Website : <http://www.icid.org>

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