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Dr. Yousri Ibrahim Atta, Egypt receiving award from Governor of Punjab, Pakistan |
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The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) decided at its 48th meeting in Oxford, UK to institute the ICID WatSave Annual Award(s). Since then the award(s) have been presented each year to an individual or a team. It is ICID's aim to award the Annual Watsave Awards for the recognition of outstanding contributions to water conservation or water saving and thereby to create an ICID-wide culture of water savings for the benefit of all water-users. Therefore, the Awards are only made in respect of actual realised savings and not for promising research results, plans and/or good ideas/intentions to save water. There are three categories of awards viz.:
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WatSave
Awards - 2009 : Invitation for Nominations
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All National Committees/ Committee of ICID Subject: WatSave Awards - 2009 - Invitation for nominations Dear Sir/Madam, It is my great pleasure to announce that ICID is inviting nominations for the WatSave Awards 2009 from world over. Awards are presented to persons across the world to recognize their outstanding contributions to water saving/conservation in agriculture and are given in three categories viz. (i) Technology, (ii) Innovative Water Management, and (iii) Young Professionals. Each award carries prize money of US$ 2000 and a Citation. The ICID WatSave Awards for the year 2009 will be presented at the 60th meeting of the IEC scheduled to be held in December 2009 at New Delhi, India. Nominations are invited for the 'WatSave Awards 2009' from individuals/ team through ICID National Committees/ Committee. The entries are open to all professionals/ teams from ICID member countries as well as non-member countries. In case of an entry from a 'non-member' country, the nomination has to be routed through and validated by an active National Committee of ICID, who should be in touch with the nominee and aware of his work'. All the National Committees/ Committee are requested to send their nominations by inviting contributions on outstanding achievement from all those professionals who are engaged on water saving/ conservation activities. The deadline for receipt of the entries from the National Committees along with a completed Nomination Form (Annex 1) to the Central Office ICID, New Delhi is 31 August 2009. The 'Conditions and Criteria' set for the awards are given in Annex 2. Annex 3 shows the checklist of enclosures to be forwarded by the National Committee while submitting the nominations. The selection of the winners from amongst the nominations received will be made by an International Panel of Judges to be appointed by the President, ICID in consultation with the Chairman, Working Group on Water Saving for Agriculture (WG-WATS). Annex 4 provides an 'Evaluation process' to be adopted by the international 'Panel of Judges' while evaluating the nominations. I request all the national committees/ committee to carry out primary evaluation of the nomination(s) in light of the questions posed in the evaluation process, before submitting those to the Central Office, New Delhi. Nominations not complying with the above requirements will not be accepted. Full details of the awards and excerpts of the past award winning contributions are available on ICID web site www.icid.org/awards.html I also urge your National Committee/Committee to give a wide publicity to these awards in your country through local newspapers also by e-mailing amongst all professionals working with water management organisations. Please also widely circulate the announcement, especially among actual farming and young professional communities and persons actively involved/ dedicated to water saving/conservation practices, in order to get real outstanding contributions. Yours faithfully,
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Winners of Watsave Awards 2008
Dr. Yella Reddy, Mr. Satyanarayana and Mrs.G Andal (India) have jointly received the award for their water saving contribution on "Micro irrigation: A Technology for Prosperity". The innovation is related to the replacement of a portable sprinkler system with a semi-permanent sprinkler system in Andhra Pradesh State of India. In using portable sprinkler systems, farmers have been experiencing problems with respect to storage and operation time needed to shift the system to different areas. Although changing to a semi-permanent sprinkler system incurs additional expenditure, it provides for advantages like labour saving, operation convenience and better working condition in the field. Also it helps to eliminate ponding of water near the pipe joints. The innovative semi-portable sprinkler system has become popular in the state and its adoption has been increasing. The water savings are when we switch from surface irrigation to sprinkler irrigation and are about 50%. Dr. Yella Reddy (b.1960) is a Principal Scientist and Project Manager, Andhra Pradesh Water Management Project, Bapatla and earlier he has worked as an Officer on Special Duty (Technical) Andhra Pradesh Micro irrigation Project (APMIP). Mr. Satyanarayana (b. 1957) is a Project Officer and Mrs. G Andal (b. 1968) is a Horticultural Officer at the APMIP. Dr. Reddy may be contacted at <yellareddy@yahoo.com>. For details of the contribution, please click here. Innovative Water Management Award
Dr. Atta is Associate Professor in Water Management and Irrigation Systems Research Institute (WMRI) of Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), Egypt. He may be contacted at yosriatta8888@yahoo.com. For details of the contribution, please click here.
The work involved developing an integrated modeling framework for estimating potential water savings, associated costs and levels of seasonal and environmental flow improvements under different supply and demand management options. Based on work on the Murrumbidgee River system, the research has helped increase understanding of how to improve the environmental quality of the river through better irrigation demand management to save water for the environment and for underground damming (water banking) downstream. Results have shown that big water savings are possible, ranging from 80 to 200 GL, depending on climate conditions, while maintaining crop yields and reducing negative environmental impacts. The framework is a useful policy and planning tool for catchment mangers, water supply irrigation authorities, policy and decisions makers and irrigators. In brief, water banking is the storage of surplus in-stream flows during the wet season into aquifer storage to be used during deficit periods i.e., when the irrigation demand exceeds the available requirements by diversion of in-stream flows. Storage underground reduces greatly evaporation losses as compared to surface storage. This process adds flexibility in conjunctive water management, reduces water losses and better utilization of in-stream flows. The concept of water banking provides for a better management of scarce water resources and has the potential for significant water savings. Dr. Amgad Elmahdi (b. 1972), Australia, is a Research Scientist at CSIRO Land and Water, Glen Osmond SA, Australia. He may be contacted at <amgad.elmahdi@csiro.au> or <amgad@nbcbn.com>. Please click here for details of the contribution. For more publications
Hearty Congratulations to all the Award Winners. |
Previous
Award Winners
Innovative Water Management Award
Dr.
Abraham Singels,
South
Africa (2007) [Award
winning paper in PDF format]
Dr.
Nico Benadé, South Africa
(2006) [Award winning paper in PDF format]
Prof. Li Daixin, China (2005) [Award winning paper
in PDF format]
Er. Suresh. V. Sodal, India (2004) [Award winning paper
in PDF format]
Dr. Muhammad Akram Kahlown, Pakistan (2003) [Award winning
paper in PDF format]
Dr. Mahmoud Moustafa, Egypt (2002) [Award winning paper
in PDF format]
Prof. Gu Yuping, China (2001) [Award winning paper in
PDF format]
Dr. Francisco del Amor Garcia, Spain (2000) [Award winning
paper in PDF format]
Eng. Hussein El-Atfy, Egypt (1999) [Award winning paper
in PDF format]
Prof. Wu Xijin, China (1998) [Award winning paper in
PDF format]
Technology
Award
Messrs Werner
and Herbert Arns, Brazil (2007) [Award
winning paper in PDF format]
Prof. Kang Shaozhong, China (2006) [Award
winning paper in PDF format]
Mr. Omar Redjepow, Turkmenistan (2004) [Award
winning paper in PDF format]
Dr. Richard John Stirzaker (2003) [Award winning paper
in PDF format]
Mr. Robert E. Merry, UK (2002) [Award winning
paper in PDF format]
Prof. Tai Cheol Kim, Korea (2001) [Award winning paper
in PDF format]
Prof. Mao Zhi, China (2000) [Award winning paper in PDF
format]
Ms.
Neelam Patel, India (2006)
[Award winning paper in PDF format]
Dr. Mohamed
Maher Mohamed Ibrahim, Egypt (2005) [Award winning paper
in PDF format]
Dr. Juan Antonio Rodriguez
Diaz, Spain (2004) [Award winning paper in PDF format]
Mr. Tony L. Wahl, USA (2003) [Award winning paper in
PDF format]
Dr. Ashutosh Upadhyaya,
India (2002) [Award winning paper in PDF format]
Er. Sanjay M. Belsare, India (2001) [Award winning
paper in PDF format]
Mr. Gao Zhanyi, China (1999) [Award winning paper in
PDF format]
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N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture for International Cooperation in Irrigation and Drainage |
Triennially, N.D. Gulhati Memorial International Lecture is delivered by an eminent professional at the time of Congresses.
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Seventh N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture for International Cooperation In Irrigation and Drainage
IRRIGATION
IN THE CONTEXT OF TODAY'S GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS The 7th N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture for International Cooperation in Irrigation and drainage was delivered by VPH Chandra Madramootoo at Lahore Congress. The lecture provided an overview of the challenges facing irrigation and drainage community, and the need to better manage our irrigation and drainage systems to reduce poverty and hunger. The following is a summary of some key aspects of his presentation. Global Irrigation Development Of the 1500 million ha of global crop land about 277 million ha (18%) are irrigated. The largest share of the irrigated area is in Asian region (70%), followed by North and Central America (11%), Europe (9%), Africa (5%), South America (4%), and Oceania (1%). During the last four decades the crop land has increased marginally, while population has more than doubled leading to a reduction in the area of land needed to produce food for a person. Irrigation has played an important role in increasing crop productivity. However, the rate of irrigation expansion has declined from 2.3% in 1970-80 to 0.6% in 2000-05 (see figure). Some countries will increasingly face water scarcity. Future needs of water for food are huge and improved water management systems will be required to cope with the demand. Global Food situation During the last four decades the crop area harvested has hardly increased, while the world cereal production has increased by about two and half fold. In general, the overall food prices (in USD) are up by 75% since 2000. Cereals, in particular rice and wheat dominate food supply and provide the largest share of energy to the world's population. However, globally, close to one billion people still remain malnourished, of which some 800 million live in least developed countries (LDCs). The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has targeted to reduce this number by half by 2015. In fact the preliminary goal of MDG attempts to highlight this given its importance. This translates into a need of reducing 22 million per year, while current rate is only 6 million per year - posing a big challenge to bridge the gap between the target and achievement. There are contradictory views as regards the impact of increasing bio-fuel crop production on food availability. Some view that this might cause food shortage and consequent hike in the food prices; while a few others opine that bio-fuels provide LDCs and poor farmers new opportunities for employment to improve their economy and livelihoods. On-farm Water Management and System Modernization There has been growing concerns over declining irrigation system performance and investment benefits, especially in the large-scale public irrigation schemes. Improvement in both viz., conveyance efficiency and on- farm water management is a key for increasing the overall irrigation efficiency. Efficiency gains of 14% in gross withdrawal can also be achieved through reuse of return flows. Improved surface irrigation methods like level furrows, sprinkler and micro irrigation methods and use of advanced techniques of irrigation scheduling can help improve on-farm water management. Modernization of irrigation and drainage systems in a broad sense (technical, management, financial, environmental) will be required at a large-scale, especially in emerging countries to achieve the required increase in food production, and also, in some cases, to save water for other uses. Investment in Agriculture It is seen that the public spending on agriculture is the lowest in the agriculture based countries, while the share of agriculture in GDP is the highest. National and international investments in agriculture, official development assistance (ODA), and the World Bank's lending in irrigation have been declining steadily and a complacency set in that is a major cause of the recent global food shortage. The Way forward In most developing countries, the agricultural sector is considered as an engine of growth and national governments therefore should reinvest in agriculture and associated infrastructure. In order to reduce water withdrawals for irrigation, upgrading of irrigation infrastructure through rehabilitation and modernization should be given priority. Other aspects like timely maintenance of irrigation and drainage infrastructure, investment in water storage and water saving technologies, combating the twin menace of waterlogging and salinity through drainage are required. Public-private investment in infrastructure is to be encouraged. One size does not fit all, and solutions have to be case specific. Maximizing basin water productivity through multi-objective decision making process, developing a rapid innovative research agenda, capacity building at all levels and building of institutional support for local, regional and international markets will go a long way in achieving food security. External factors, like impacts of bio-fuel production, climate change, virtual water trade, changes in agriculture markets and the prices of commodities will influence agriculture growth and allied activities. Such changes will require additional adaptations in the development of water management measures to sustain global food production to desired levels and avoid the probability of a severe crisis in the coming years. Presented
at ICIDs 20th Congress, Lahore, Pakistan |
Sixth N.D.
Gulhati Memorial Lecture for International Cooperation In Irrigation and Drainage
A Process-Based Approach to Improving the Performance
of Irrigated Agriculture
Dr. Albert J. Clemmens (USA)
Presented at ICIDs 19th Congress, Beijing, China
September 2005
1999 prize-winning paper in PDF format
The
Best Performing Workbody Award (BPWA) was instituted by ICID in 2002. The performance
of a workbody is adjudged based upon a set of criteria and its contribution
towards the mandate and mission of ICID. The BPWA 2008 was presented to the
ICID Journal Editorial Board (EB-JOUR) by the Governor
of Punjab on 17 October 2008 on the occasion of the 59th IEC and 20th ICID Congress
held at Lahore, Pakistan.
ICID
Journal acts as a mouthpiece to communicate to the international water community
ICID's sixty years of experience in the promotion and transfer of water and
land management technology and related issues. ICID Journal was granted Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) starting with Vol.49, Issue No.1 of 2000 which
was the first issue of the quarterly Journal printed and distributed under ISSN
0971-7412. ICID Journal was also selected for coverage in Current Contents/Agriculture,
Biology and Environmental Sciences (CC/AB&ES).
The
Best Performing Workbody Award (BPWA) was instituted in 2003 to recognize the
performance of workbodies between the two Congresses. The first such award has
been given to Working Group on History
of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST).
The WG-HIST was established in 1980. The Group has published more than 30 volumes of Water History related documents and books, including Historical Dams (ICID 2001), The Danube Valley (ICID 2004), The Indus Basin (ICID 2004), "A History of Water Issues" (UNU 2005), and History of Irrigation and Drainage of various member countries.
ICID
has instituted the 'Best Paper Award' in 2006 in recognition of the outstanding
paper contributed to Irrigation and Drainage, the Journal of ICID. Annually,
starting on the occasion of the 57th IEC meeting (2006) in Kuala Lumpur, an
award will be given to the best paper published in the issues of the Journal
in the preceding year (January-December). Decision on the best paper will be
made by the Editor in consultation with the Associate Editors. The award will
be a citation plaque and Gift Books from M/s. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (UK).
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Dr. G R Backeberg (South Africa) receiving Best Paper Award 2007 from President Lee in recognition of his outstanding paper titled Reform of User Charges, Market Pricing and Management of Water: Problem or Opportunity for Irrigated Agriculture published in Volume 55, No.1. |
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Dr. T.B.S. Rajput and Dr. Neelam Patel (India) receiving 'Best Paper Award 2006' from President Lee in recognition of their outstanding paper titled "Enhancement of Field Water Use Efficiency in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India" published in Issue 54.2. |
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Dr. Hassan Ismail Memorial International Award (Discontinued) |
The Dr. Hassan M. Ismail Memorial International Award has been established with effect from the 16th ICID Congress at Cairo in 1996 to be awarded to a young professional for the best paper on the development of irrigation, drainage and flood control in Africa, submitted to an ICID congress or ICID's Afro-Asian Regional Conference or an African Conference.
The award is made from the proceeds of a fund established by the Egyptian National Committee with donations from the family of Dr. Hassan Ismail and his admirers.
2002
prize-winning paper in PDF format
2001
prize-winning paper in PDF format
2000
prize-winning paper in PDF format
1999
prize-winning paper in PDF format