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WORKING GROUP ON WATER AND CROP (WG-WATER & CROP)

wg_crop Access to water (rain, surface and groundwater) in adequate quantity is essential for optimum crop production. It is known that the yield from irrigated crops is double as compared to rainfed crop and hence the importance of water in irrigated agriculture. Further, the trend of diverting land and water to producing biofuel crops is increasing.

Recently a study (www.earthpolicy.org) suggested that irrigation water allocation to biofuel production is estimated at 44 billion cubic meters. This is alarming. Issues related with water for food and fuel crops needs to be thoroughly studied and hence the Working Group on Water and Crops (WG-CROP).The WG promotes the efficient use of water in crop production; investigate the use of energy crops for biofuel production; develop techniques for rainfall harvesting; promote the multi-functionality of water use in paddy rice cultivation; and investigate the adaptation of agriculture to climate change.

Establishment: 2007 *Mandate* To promote the efficient use of water in crop production; To provide input to test crop water models; To investigate the use of energy crops for biofuel production; To develop techniques for rainfall harvesting; To promote the multifunctionality of water use in paddy rice cultivation; To investigate the adaptation of agriculture to climate change; and To promote low input agriculture.
Sl. No.	Name	Country	Membership
1	VPH Ragab Ragab	UK	Chair
2	VPH Laurie C. Tollefson	Canada	Vice-Chair
3	Dr. K. Yella Reddy	India	Secretary
4	Ir. Adang Saf Ahmad	Indonesia	Provisional Member
5	Dr. P. Soman (Direct Member), JISL	India	Provisional Member
6	Prof. Won-Ho Nam	Korea	Member
7	Prof. Dr. Zeinab Hussien Behairy	Egypt	Provisional Member
8	Dr. Chung-Feng, Ding	Chinese Taipei	Member
9	Dr. Kazumi Yamaoka	Japan	Member
10	Eng. Karshiyev Rustum Jurayevih	Uzbekistan	Provisional Member
11	Ir. Felipe Dantas	Australia	Provisional Member
12	Mr. Syaiful Mahdi	Indonesia	Observer
13	FAO representative		Permanent Observer
14	CIGR represent-tative - Mr. Herbert H. Van Lier		Permanent Observer
15	Prof. D. Wrachien	Italy	Permanent Observer
16	ICRISAT representative		Permanent Observer
Call for Papers: International Workshop on “The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of Application”, 24th ICID Congress and 71st IEC Meeting, 22-28 September 2020, Sydney, Australia International Workshop on Environmental Consequences of Irrigation with Poor Quality Waters, 12 September, 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Proceedings of International Conference on Drought Mitigation and Prevention of Land Desertification, Bled, Slovenia, 21 - 25 April 2002 More Crop Per Drop [ PRESENTATIONS ] Document on "Water saving practices in rice paddy cultivation (State-of-art report on irrigation systems in Japan) [PDF format 600KB] \| AGENDA (Previous) \| MINUTES (Previous) \| Integrated Hydrological Modelling System (IHMS) IHMS-Integrated Hydrological Modelling System: DicasmThreeInstaller_05022019_A.zip [File size 109.72 MB] Manual and Publications [File size:7.76 MB] SALMED MODEL 2019 SALTMED Publications in Irrigation and Drainage, Virtual Issues: First published on 20 May 2020 Download SALTMED 2019 (File size 398mb) Please carefully read the document: How to install the SALTMED model. You could also see the Video on YouTube about installation and different parts of the model including problems and solutions. The User Guide has now been updated as well. Online course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRMeUFzuBYU YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NnpllMtSuE&list=PLZYmrBXSZmBk4w_eIIDbYegjaluPaisp- Trouble shooting, Problems and solutions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NnpllMtSuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xvntZfomdA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVf_mB2Eh9k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSdl6w3oE4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9js_Bmgg6k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVe4_Z742gI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7DZvSLjYhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcOGQDjPQso A dedicated ICID YouTube Playlist is also available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NnpllMtSuE&list=PLWpC78hTAxrWz79qfHIWkHjfM-HBhRvKY WG-CROP Website

WG on Crops and Water Use (1986-1997)
Renamed as WG on Sustainable Use of Natural Resources for Crop Production (WG- CROP) (1997)
Renamed Working Group on Water and Crops (WG-CROP) in 2007 to 2019

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