Twitter Chat // #AskAg Twitter Chat: Water and Food Security Nexus

Join our #AskAg Twitter Chat on World Water Day, March 22, 2013 at 12 pm EDT, to discuss the water-food security nexus. To celebrate this year's theme of Cooperation — Building Partnerships, USAID will host a discussion around water and food with a focus on irrigation and water management for agriculture. We invite USAID, implementing partners, and the Twitter community to contribute. We look forward to your participation!

DATE

March 22, 2013 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Twitter Accounts to follow

Experts

• Moffatt Ngugi: @mkangiri • Timothy Prewitt: @iDEorg • John Pasch: @jpasch • Julie Wroblewski: @WROBSKI

Featured Contributors

• Water for People: @waterforpeople • WASH Advocates: @WASHadvocates

Guiding questions

1.What are some of the water-related challenges in food production? (i.e., water availability; water quality; inconsistent supply — flood/drought) 2.What are some of the potential technologies or implementation innovations to meet these challenges? 3.What are the barriers to successful deployment of new ideas in the water/agriculture space? 4.What are some ways to ensure the safe use of wastewater in irrigation? 5.Do energy needs present challenges to the agriculture and water nexus? 6.What are some successful case studies of innovative water and agriculture projects? Have your links ready!

How to participate

• If you are new to Twitter, visit Twitter.com to sign up for an account. (For more tips on getting started, check out our Twitter 101 Training.) • Explore the guiding questions that will be discussed during the chat. • Join us for discussion on March 22 at 12 pm EDT by using the hashtag #AskAg and following @Agrilinks. • You can also follow on Twubs or through the livestream below.