Seminar // "Irrigation policy in a time of drought and high food prices", London

The 2012 droughts in the UK, the US and Indo-Gangetic Plain plus current high food prices provide the background to this seminar. The broad question that guides the seminar is "In a time of climate change and food scarcity, can better irrigation policies reduce food vulnerabilities?"

Where

ICE One Great George Street Westminster London, SW1P 3AA

Programme

-Keynote: Winston Yu (World Bank): Challenges and Opportunities in Reforming the Irrigation Sector in South Asia: Reflections from a Practitioner. -Keynote: Tingju Zhu (IFPRI): Global irrigation futures and implications for water and food security. -Melvyn Kay (UK Irrigation Association & UK National Drought Group): A fair share of water for agriculture in the UK. -Bruce Lankford (UEA): Do we need a World Commission on Irrigation? -Jean-Phillipe Venot (Wageningen University): Small-scale water systems in sub-Saharan Africa: Importance and need for integration. -Tony Allan (KCL): Farmers, Accountants and Optimism — FAO will save the world despite drought but with higher food prices. (Farmers manage 90% of the water needed by society.) -Other presenters are confirming. There are charges to attend this technical meeting in order to cover refreshments and lunch. We ask you to register your attendance by emailing Tim Fuller {Tim.Fuller@ice.org.uk}. Please do this before Monday 5 November.