23CONG_ICID: 23rd ICID Congress on Irrigation and Drainage Mexico City, Mexico, October 8-14, 2017

The 23rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and 68th International Executive Council (IEC) Meetings will be organized by host Mexican National Committee of ICID (MXCID) in cooperation with International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) during 8-14 October 2017, Mexico City, Mexico. The main theme of the Congress is “Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a new Green Revolution”. During the Congress, papers are presented and discussed for two Questions

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Extended Abstracts describing in 500-600 words to be submitted online from 15 Dec. 2016 to 01 March 2017
• Acceptance (Online) of Extended Abstracts: 01-31 March 2017 
• Full Paper Submission (Online): 01 April 2017 - 15 May 2017 
• Notification to Authors (oral/poster):  15 May 2017 - 15 July 2017

List of Topics

• Question 60: Water productivity: revisiting the concepts in light of water energy and food nexus

  60.1 Emerging issues and challenges of water saving, including impact of transferring water out of agriculture

  60.2 Understanding water productivity, water and energy use efficiency and water footprint of crops

  60.3 Water security for growth and development

• Question 61: State of knowledge of irrigation techniques and practicalities within given socio-economic settings

  61.1 Adopting precision irrigation and improving surface irrigation to combat water scarcity

  61.2 Using ICT, remote sensing, control systems and modelling for improved performance of irrigation systems

  61.3 Adaptability and affordability of new technologies under different socio-economic scenarios

Committees

Program Committee

• Mexican National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (MXCID)
• ICID Central Office

Organizing committee

• Mexican National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (MXCID)
  Av. Insurgentes Sur No. 2388 Piso 3 Col. San Ángel, Delegación Álvaro Obregón C. P. 01000, México, D. F. México City, México. Phone:+52 (555) 550.48.93, Email:info@icid2017.orginfo@mxcid.mx, Website:www.icid2017.org

Contact

Dr. Vijay K. Labhsetwar, Congress Coordinator (icid@icid.org)