Thailand ready to host 2nd World Irrigation Forum

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Thailand ready to host 2nd World Irrigation Forum

 

  

BANGKOK, 27 October 2016 (NNT) – The working committee to organize 2nd World Irrigation Forum (WIF2) and 67th International Executive Council (IEC) has concluded in a final meeting that the events will be scheduled during 6-12 November 2016. 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) Deputy Permanent-Secretary Lertviroj Kowattana has chaired a meeting of 2nd WIF and 67th IEC organizers to finalize preparations prior to the actual events, requesting the themes to be adjusted in accordance to the atmosphere of national sorrow and grief from the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 

Cheerful activities and music performances would be removed from the events, which would instead be replaced with special presentations on the late monarch’s accomplishments and His Majesty's royal guidance on irrigation. 

The 2nd WIF and 67th IEC is scheduled to take place at the Chiang Mai International Exhibition and Convention Center under the theme “Water management in a changing world: Role of Irrigation for sustainable food production.” 

The events have received confirmation of attendance from Ministers and high-rank officials from about 20 countries, along with more than 400 interested individuals worldwide have registered their attendance in advance. It is expected the events will see no less than 2,000 attendees. 

A Royal Initiative Project Exhibition will also be featured during the events, along with other exhibitions by water management agencies and organizations who wish to demonstrate their new innovations.

 

-- nnt 2016-10-27

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[bokningar]

Thailand is the perfect place for this.

Here is more then plenty of experience of flooding's and in droughts.

But maybe not so much in how to prevent them 

[Mosha]

They're going to share their wisdom on holding water back with propellers.

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[NongKhaiKid]

No doubt keynote speech(es) by Thai ' experts ' so let's hope real experts, such as the Dutch, don't hurt themselves rolling about laughing.

[Srikcir]

It might be more meaningful if WIF stood for World Irritation Forum.

Irrigation techniques began about 6,000 BC. Today there is an estimated 600 million acres worldwide under irrigation. http://www.irrigationmuseum.org/exhibit2.aspx

Nice to see the Thai government is prepared to talk about it now.

[roo860]

At first I thought it read World Immigration Forum, no such luck!

[DrTuner]

Good timing, Ayutthaya should be very well irrigated that time, as in two feet under water.

[bark]

Please confirm date, as I don't want to be in Bangkok during the flood.

[bangon04]

Applications are already flooding in.....

Let us hope they channel their energies into finding solutions, rather than get bogged down in details. They risk being dammed by faint praise. In Thailand it is better to just go with the flow...but a sprinkling of good ideas would be nice. Hope there are some in the pipeline....

Edited October 27, 2016 by bangon04