1. ICID Activities Related to Drought, Water Scarcity and Risk Management

2. Irrigated Agriculture Under Drought and Water Scarcity (WG – IADWS) Working Group 2000 - 2008

3. WG – IADWS activities Annual meetings at ICID-IEC meetings Three workshops – Drought Management Strategies in Different Countries - Montpellier – France – Water Harvesting and Sustainable Agriculture - Moscow – Russia – Drought Management Strategies - Tehran – Iran Compiling a Comprehensive Questionnaire

4. Editing a Book as : Irrigation Under Drought and Water Scarcity Literature review Appropriate drought indices Drought management strategies Drought prediction Non-Conventional water use in agriculture

5. Working Group “DROUGHT” 2009 - 2015

6. Drought Management Strategies Field experiences upon the implementation Drought risk management strategies for agriculture, livestock and rural livelihood

7. Coping with water scarcity Re-evaluation of the validity of the conventional crop water requirement computation based on climate data Approaches and strategies for economical justification for the amount of water to be allocated for agricultural production Re-defining, as necessary, the conventional irrigation efficiency concept

8. Rainfall management for sustainable agriculture Innovation in technology and management Agro-technical improvements Soil and water relationships enhancement Biotechnology and crop’s adaptabilities Rain fall effectiveness and productivities

9. THE END Thank You for Your Attention