24th ICID International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage & 71st International Executive Council meeting

IWRA is pleased to announce it that it will be hosting two special sessions, co-sponsored by ACIAR, UniSA Business, at the 24^th ICID International Congress in Adelaide, South Australia.

The first special session titled, Australian Irrigation and Water Issues, will take place on the 4^th October. The objective is to provide the audience with an overview of research on water management challenges and institutions to address challenges across a wide range of water use contexts in Australia from ground to surface water, irrigation to forestry, peri-urban and Aboriginal values of water in-situ.

The second special session, coordinated by Henning Bjornlund, IWRA Vice-President, will take place on the 5^thOctober. Titled, Transforming Small-Scale Irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa, this event will facilitate a discussion about what kind of approach is required to create real rural transformation and development