It is evident that in order to meet growing food demand for rapidly growing world population the second green revolution has to be centered on the smallholder farmers in Africa and improved water use efficiency and production in large irrigation systems in Asia. A lack of capacity is identified as a constraint to the development of productive and viable irrigated systems. Both Asia and Africa will need a well-informed, skilled and technology savvy contingent of agriculture scientists, irrigation engineers, and extension service workers to support this effort. Capacity development has to be linked to the overall goal of the sector and serve the purpose of the ultimate beneficiaries – the irrigation community. There is need for systematic capacity development of both institutions and individual in terms of developing enabling environment for institutional reforms and good governance, supporting institutional capacity, and supporting policy development.
Like in the past FAO will be the major partner in this WG. In addition, other International Organizations such as IFAD, IWMI, UN-Water, WWC, GWP, WMO partners would be invited to participate as observers.
Also, refer to the ICID Young Professionals' e-Forum (IYPeF), and African Young Water Professional Forum (Af-YWPF)
Sl. No. | Name | Country | Position | |
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1 | Dr. Mohamed Abd El Moneim Wahba | ms************* | Egypt | Chair |
2 | Dr. Vijay Labhsetwar | vi************* | India | Vice Chair |
3 | Dr. Rajendra S. Poddar | po************* | India | Secretary |
4 | Dr. Ahmed Elsiddig A. Elshaikh | ah************* | Sudan | Member |
5 | Er. Ashok Kumar Kharya | as************* | India | Member |
6 | Dr. Bakhrom Gaforzoda | gb************* | Tajikistan | Member |
7 | Dr. Evan Wilfred Christen | ev************* | Australia | Member |
8 | Mr. Hasan Basri Yuksel | ha************* | Turkey | Member |
9 | Dr. Hj. Ahmad Anuar Bin Othman | ot************* | Malaysia | Member |
10 | Mr. Jeff Camkin | je************* | Australia | Member |
11 | Prof. Jiesheng Huang | sd************* | China | Member |
12 | Ms. Li Ruoxi | li************* | China | Member |
13 | Ir. LIU Xueying | li************* | China | Member |
14 | Ms. Rasha Sarmed | ra************* | Iraq | Member |
15 | Dr. Shinji FUKUDA | sh************* | Japan | Member |
16 | Eng. (Ms.) Talatha Janaki Meegstenna | ja************* | Sri Lanka | Member |
17 | Dr. Tony Chih-Sheng Chen | to************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
18 | Er. Abdulsamed Bazer | as************* | Turkey | Provisional Member |
19 | Dr. Abu Obieda Babiker Ahmed Hassan | hr************* | Sudan | Provisional Member |
20 | Dr. Akie MUKAI | mu************* | Japan | Provisional Member |
21 | Dr. Behzad Navidi Nassaj | be************* | Iran | Provisional Member |
22 | Er. Gurhan DEMIR | de************* | Turkey | Provisional Member |
23 | Dato` Ir. Haji Hanapi Bin Mohamad Noor | ha************* | Malaysia | Provisional Member |
24 | Dr. Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez | m.************* | Pakistan | Provisional Member |
25 | Dr. Narges Zohrabi | na************* | Iran | Provisional Member |
26 | Er. Sefa EROGLU | se************* | Turkey | Provisional Member |
27 | Dr. Wen-Pen Shu | be************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Provisional Member |