This document discusses irrigation and drainage challenges and opportunities for global food security in a changing world. Key drivers of change include increasing population, urbanization, and demand for water from various sectors. This poses challenges like agriculture's large water consumption, increasing scarcity, and need to produce more with less water. The document outlines themes and sub-themes on policy and society interactions, financing irrigation projects, and integrated water management. It provides details on speakers, background papers, sessions, and reviews received for the World Irrigation Forum addressing these issues.

1. Irrigation and drainage in a changing world:
Irrigation and drainage in a changing world:
challenges and opportunities for global food
challenges and opportunities for global food
challenges and opportunities for global food
security
Avinash C Tyagi
Secretary General
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

2. Key drivers
Increasing population and urbanization
Changing diets
Rapidly growing water demand from industrial/ energy/domestic
sectors
Increasing area under bio-energy crops
Climate change impacts
Increasing fresh water scarcity

3. Challenges
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Agriculture is the largest consumer of water – 70-80%
In countries with large population the land resources are also limited
There is greater demand from other sectors for various reasons
Produce more with less water
Pollution of water bodies due to excessive use of chemicals
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Irrigation efficiencies are abysmally low in most surface irrigation
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Climate change: increasing variability and water scarcity
Conflicts between head and tail end farmers
Depleting groundwater
Economic and financial viability of irrigation projects is fast eroding
Dwindling new investments in irrigation sector
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4. Sub‐
Sub‐themes
Sub-Theme 1:
Policy,
Interactions
“Policy Science and Society Interactions”
Sub-Theme 2:
“Challenges and Developments in Financing
Irrigation and Drainage Sector”
Sub-Theme 3:
“Integrated Water Management Approaches for
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Sustainable Food Production”

5. Sub‐
Sub‐theme
Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Sub-Theme 1: “Policy, Science and Society Interactions”
Prof. Roberto Lenton, R b t B D
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Robert B. Daugherty W t for Food
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Institute
Sub-Theme 2: “Challenges and Developments in Financing
Irrigation and Drainage Sector”
Ms Uma Lele Global Water Partnership (tbc)
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Sub-Theme 3: “Integrated Water Management Approaches
for S t i bl Food Production”
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Dr. Thierry Facon, FAO (on behalf of Dr Unver Olcay)

6. Sub‐
Sub‐theme
Background Papers
Sub theme
Sub-theme 1
Mr. Laurie C. Tollefson (Canada)
Sub-theme
Sub theme 2
Mr. Francois Brelle (France), Coordinator
Sub-theme 3
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Prof. Ms Charlotte de Fraiture (The
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7. WIF sessions
• Main Theme: Irrigation and drainage in a changing world:
global food security
Plenary No. 1
Plenary No 1
• Sub‐theme 1:
Plenary No. 2 and 4 parallel sessions
• Sub‐theme 2:
Plenary No. 3 and 3 parallel sessions
• Sub‐theme 3:
Sub theme 3:
Plenary No. 4 and 4 parallel sessions
• Integrating session: Main Theme and sub‐themes
Plenary No. 5
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• 3 Workshops, 2 Round tables, 2 Panel, 23 Side events
• WIF ‐ Thematic wrap‐up
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8. WIF sessions (Contd…)
Contd…)
• Round tables
1. Policy Issues
2. Stakeholders
• Panel Discussions
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1 Farmers
2. Industry
• Side events: 23 different events
• Workshops (each one two sessions):
1. Water wisdom and sustainability
2. Developing management strategies for coping with
2 Developing management strategies for coping with
drought and water scarcity
3. Management of water, crops and soils under climate
change

9. Review of papers
• Abstracts: received‐323 , approved‐275
• Full Papers:
Full Papers:
– Sub‐theme I: Abstracts approved: 147,
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Full papers received: 65
Sub‐theme II: Abstracts approved: 44,
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Full papers received: 22
Sub‐theme III: Abstracts approved: 117 ,
Full papers received: 38
Workshops: Abstracts approved: 132 ,
Full papers received: 40
Total: Abstracts approved: 275
Full paper received: 165

10. Top 20* full paper review
Top 20 full paper review
Sub‐Theme
Full papers
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reviewed
1. Policy (recd. 16)
1 Policy (recd 16)
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2. Finance (recd. 17) 9
3. IWRM (recd. 18) 17
* Based on Abstracts review
* Based on Abstracts review
Oral
Poster
presentation presentation
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11. Status on Short communications
Status on Short communications
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Total Short communications accepted: 54
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Sub‐theme 1: accepted 20, received 12
Sub‐theme 2: accepted 4, received 2
Sub‐theme 3: accepted 16, received 3