Capacity Development 3: Policy & Economics
Tracks
Stream 1
| Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Pyrmont Theatre |
Overview
Explore policy and economic impacts on irrigation, covering climate change, indigenous practices, ICT, and groundwater recharge farming.
Speaker
Mr Jeremy Giddings
Manager Irrigation - Mallee
Agriculture Victoria
Implications of Climate Change on Horticulture in the Victorian Mallee
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM
Dr Umesh Parajuli
Retired Government Irrigation Engineer, Freelance Researcher, Interdisciplinary Irrigation Management Engineer
Nepal National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
Blending the Concept of Structured Irrigation with the Indigenous Irrigation Management Practices and Knowledgebases for Users’ Friendly Irrigation Management in Nepal
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM
Mr Varun Ravi
General Manager - India Operations
Rubicon Water
Balancing The Water-Energy-Food Nexus - The Holistic Role of ICT in Achieving Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture
2:35 PM - 2:50 PM
Dr. Puripus Soonthornnonda
Member of THAICID Working Group
THAICID
Economic Aspects of Shallow-groundwater-recharge Rice Farming in Bang Rakam District, Phitsanulok Province, Thailand
2:50 PM - 3:05 PMHost
Suman Sijapati
Short Term Consultant
World Bank Nepal
