International Dryland Development Commission (IDDC)
A brief History
The International Dryland Development Commission (IDDC) is an autonomous nongovernmental nonprofit organization established in 1978 by the individuals and institutions interested in sustainable development of dry areas. The commission promotes all aspects of dryland studies by fostering cooperation, collaboration and networking between various international, regional and national organizations.
One of the important modus operandi of the networking of IDDC has been to hold a major scientific conference every two to three years to provide opportunity to participants from around the world to exchange research results and experiences in dryland development and combating desertification. To date, the Commission has organized thirteen international conferences in different parts of the world where the dry lands predominate (Egypt, China, Iran, Mexico, USA, India).
Being non-governmental nonprofit scientific organization, the Commission depends on financial support from donor agencies and organizations that are interested in the sustainable development of dry areas, and production in dryland environments and promoting sustainable livelihood of the communities in dry areas to alleviate poverty and reduce hunger and malnutrition. In the past, several regional and international donor organizations and development institutions have contributed to the Commission’s activities.
Executive Board
(2018)
Chairman:
Adel El-Beltagy, Chair of the Food and Agriculture Council, Egyptian Academy of Science; Emeritus Professor, Arid Land Agricultural Graduate Studies and Research Institute (ALARI), Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt; Former Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Executive Secretary:
Mohan Saxena, Former Assistant Director General (At Large) ICARDA; Senior Advisor to ICARDA Director General; Fellow National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, India
Board Members:
Adel El-Beltagy, Chair of the Food and Agriculture Council, Egyptian Academy of Science; Emeritus Professor, Arid Land Agricultural Graduate Studies and Research Institute (ALARI), Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt; Former Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Executive Secretary:
Mohan Saxena, Former Assistant Director General (At Large) ICARDA; Senior Advisor to ICARDA Director General; Fellow National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, India
Board Members:
- Aly Abousabaa, Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Egypt
- Atsushi Tsunekawa, Professor, Former Director, Arid Land Research Center (ALRC), Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Ayman Abou-Hadid, Emeritus Professor, Arid Land Agricultural Graduate Studies and Research Institute (ALARI), Ain Shams University; Former President, Agriculture Research Centre, Egypt
- Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agriculture Research Management (NAARM), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India
- Djamin Akimaliev, General Director of Kyrgyz Agricultural Research Institute and Former President of Kyrgyz Agrarian Academy, Kyrgyzstan
- Donald Slack, Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering & Professor of Watershed Management and Eco-Hydrology, Cecil H. Miller, Jr., & Cecil H. Miller, Sr., Families Dean's Chair for Excellence in Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA
- J.A. (Hans) van Ginkel, Honorary Professor, Human Geography and Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Magdi Madkour, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Arid Land Agricultural Graduate Studies and Research Institute (ALARI), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
- Mitsuru Tsubo, Professor, Arid Land Research Center (ALRC), Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Rajendra S. Paroda, Chairman, Trust for Advances of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-12, India
- Tao Wang, Former President, Lanzhou Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Director General, Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources, CAS; Director and Professor, Key Laboratory for Desert and Desertification, CAS, China
- Zafar Adeel, Executive Director, Pacific Water Research Centre at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Climate Change and Sustainable Agro-ecology in
Global Drylands
CABI Books; Climate Change series
Hardback: ISBN : 978-1-80062-485-6 424 pages 2024
ePDF: eISBN : 978-1-80062-486-3 424 pages 2024
Drylands, a home for nearly 2.5 billion people, are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change, and dryland area may expand to 50% of the Earth's surface by 2100.
Climate change may aggravate the prevalence of undernutrition and malnutrition because of adverse effects on quantity and quality of food production in these regions. This book takes a holistic approach to sustainable management of drylands to make agriculture drought-resilient. Eminent scientists from around the world share their knowledge and experiences for adaptation and mitigation of the anthropogenic climate change through innovation in sustainable management of water, soil, crops, livestock, and fisheries.
This book emphasizes approaches such as smart and precision agriculture, conservation agriculture, and new innovation and technology as tools for adaptation and mitigation. Several chapters are devoted to the human dimensions and policy considerations with emphasis on enhancing coping and adaptive capacity. This book addresses the picture after COP27, including loss and damage, governance, and finance.
This book:
- Examines sustainable management for drylands as a solution to environmental and food security issues.
- Uses a holistic approach to evaluate sustainable management of drylands.
- Explains how researchers are translating science into action for greening global drylands.
This work will be valuable to students and researchers in agroecology, climate change science and dryland agriculture.
Climate change may aggravate the prevalence of undernutrition and malnutrition because of adverse effects on quantity and quality of food production in these regions. This book takes a holistic approach to sustainable management of drylands to make agriculture drought-resilient. Eminent scientists from around the world share their knowledge and experiences for adaptation and mitigation of the anthropogenic climate change through innovation in sustainable management of water, soil, crops, livestock, and fisheries.
This book emphasizes approaches such as smart and precision agriculture, conservation agriculture, and new innovation and technology as tools for adaptation and mitigation. Several chapters are devoted to the human dimensions and policy considerations with emphasis on enhancing coping and adaptive capacity. This book addresses the picture after COP27, including loss and damage, governance, and finance.
This book:
- Examines sustainable management for drylands as a solution to environmental and food security issues.
- Uses a holistic approach to evaluate sustainable management of drylands.
- Explains how researchers are translating science into action for greening global drylands.
This work will be valuable to students and researchers in agroecology, climate change science and dryland agriculture.
UN Climate Change Conference Baku (Cop29)
Climate change, the world oceans and human impacts:
A need for heightened proactive action
November 21st at 1:00pm Asia/Baku Pavilion F9, Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan
World ocean ecosystems are increasingly disrupted by human activities. However, the converging stresses they face, amplified by global warming, remain largely invisible. Consequent existing and potential impacts on human populations on all continents are accelerating and demand increasingly urgent proactive action. This presentation will spell out some of the key threats, and actions that can be taken to mitigate them.
World ocean ecosystems are increasingly disrupted by human activities. However, the converging stresses they face, amplified by global warming, remain largely invisible. Consequent existing and potential impacts on human populations on all continents are accelerating and demand increasingly urgent proactive action. This presentation will spell out some of the key threats, and actions that can be taken to mitigate them.
Pre-COP 28 Webinar
Impacting Climate Change - Navigating Through Scales
Organized by
IDDC, RACC, NGIC, and ALYM
Impacting Climate Change - Navigating Through Scales
September 11-12, 2023
Hosted by
Alexandria University
Background Statement
PreCOP 28 webinar summary
Photo Gallery
September 11-12, 2023
Hosted by
Alexandria University
Background Statement
PreCOP 28 webinar summary
Photo Gallery
Regional Action on climate change (racc 15)
Critical hydrologic impacts from climate change:
Addressing an urgent global need
Consensus statement from the Regional Action on Climate Change Symposium (RACC-15) held on September 30, 2023: An adjunct session of the Science, Technology and Society Forum (Kyoto).
Video on Youtube, COP 28 Special Symposium link is here
Video on Youtube, COP 28 Special Symposium link is here
COP 27 - UN Climate Change Conference
Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference - November 2022
As part of the Adaptation & Agriculture Day #cop27 Hassan Allam Holdings are hosting a panel around “Water Scarcity: The Challenge for Food, Humans, and the Environment”
“Water Scarcity: The Challenges for Food, Humans, and the Environment” panel at COP27.
Ismail Serageldin (Former Vice-President, World Bank)
ismahane elouafi (Chief Scientists, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations)
Dalia Wahba (Deputy CEO and CIO, Hassan Allam Utilities)
Barbara Stinson (President, World Food Prize Foundation)
Sue Barrett (Director, Head of Infrastructure for Turkey, Middle East and Africa)
Rami Ghandour (Managing Director, Metito)
Adel El-Beltagy (Chair of the International Drylands Development Commission IDDC)
#cop27 #development #environment #water #climatechange
ismahane elouafi (Chief Scientists, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations)
Dalia Wahba (Deputy CEO and CIO, Hassan Allam Utilities)
Barbara Stinson (President, World Food Prize Foundation)
Sue Barrett (Director, Head of Infrastructure for Turkey, Middle East and Africa)
Rami Ghandour (Managing Director, Metito)
Adel El-Beltagy (Chair of the International Drylands Development Commission IDDC)
#cop27 #development #environment #water #climatechange
The panel will discuss the idea of adaptation to climate change by reusing water to achieve access to clean water and sanitation and zero hunger, in addition to the potential for using water in green hydrogen production for clean and affordable energy.