Water scarcity has been showing an increasing trend the world over with the passage of time due to increased demand for water in its multiple uses. During the developmental process in Water Management, modernization of existing methods of irrigation has been leading to an increase in water use efficiency thereby leading to overall irrigation efficiency and water saving. More so, higher crop productivity has been obtained under the irrigated situations as compared to the rainfed situation, therefore global water scarcity and increased demand for food on account of increasing population can be met only by increasing the extent of irrigated areas and water use efficiency. Irrigation water from its source is conveyed up to a farm and subsequently applied to crops through various irrigation methods- surface (basins, furrows, and border strips), sprinkler, and micro irrigation. A vast amount of water goes to waste if it is not applied efficiently and uniformly all over the field. Improperly planned, designed, and laid/ installed irrigation system leads to losses such as deep percolation, runoff, evaporation, and wind drift affecting the performance of the system. Today a vast range of sprinkler and micro irrigation technology is available to fit all types of soil, crops, climates, and farm sizes. Modern micro irrigation systems can achieve as high as 95% application efficiency leading to significant water saving. Knowing the fact that the major share – about 70-90% of the fresh and groundwater withdrawals is being consumed by the agriculture sector, the multi-sectoral use of water requires more improvements in the existing types and methods of irrigation so that crops’ productivity can be achieved up-to the potential yield levels of germplasm. Thus, to sustain the overall agriculture sector and optimize the economic and environmental benefits in arid and semi-arid areas, the ‘relative’ sustainability of all the agricultural inputs needs to be developed over some time by addressing the following issues:
These issues will form the core mandate of the Working Group on Irrigation Water Management & Development (WG-IWM&D).
As per the decision of the 75th IEC Meeting, WG-IWM&D was established with the amalgamation of the erstwhile workbodies - Working Group on Sustainable On-Farm Irrigation System Development (WG-SON-FARM), Working Group on Water Saving In Irrigated Areas (WG-WATS), Working Group on Modernization and Revitalization of Irrigation Schemes (WG-M&R), and Working Group on Irrigation Development and Management (WG-IDM).
Sl. No. | Name | Country | Position | |
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1 | Dr. A.K. Randev | ra************* | India | Chair |
2 | Dr. Hwa-Lung Yu | hl************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Vice Chair |
3 | Mr. Suman Sijapati | su************* | Nepal | Secretary |
4 | Dr. Ahmet Seren | as************* | Turkey | Member |
5 | Dr. Akie MUKAI | mu************* | Japan | Member |
6 | Eng. Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elhaj | al************* | Sudan | Member |
7 | Dr. Ali Omran Ali | al************* | Iraq | Member |
8 | Mr. Ali Volkan Seyfi | vo************* | Turkey | Member |
9 | Dr. Amgad Elmahdi | am************* | Australia | Member |
10 | Dr. Areeya Rittima | ar************* | Thailand | Member |
11 | Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed Sheikh | as************* | Pakistan | Member |
12 | Dr. Ashish Pandey - Direct Member | as************* | India | Member |
13 | Ms. Bedriye Nur Dikenli Aytekin | be************* | Turkey | Member |
14 | Dr. Bilal Alpaslan | ba************* | Turkey | Member |
15 | Dr. Brian T. Wahlin | bw************* | USA | Member |
16 | Dr. Caner Demir | ca************* | Turkey | Member |
17 | Mr. Carl Walters | ca************* | Australia | Member |
18 | Prof. Chang Eon Park | ce************* | South Korea | Member |
19 | Prof. (Ms.) Chen Jing | ch************* | China | Member |
20 | Dr. Chen, Ching-Tien | ct************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
21 | Dr. Chih Hung Tan | ch************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
22 | Dr. Deepak Khare - Direct Member | kh************* | India | Member |
23 | Dr. Derya Coşkun | de************* | Turkey | Member |
24 | Mr. Dilip Yewalekar | ye************* | India | Member |
25 | Mr. Dinesh Bhatt | di************* | Nepal | Member |
26 | Dr. Dong Bin | do************* | China | Member |
27 | Mr Egemen Gürsoy | eg************* | Turkey | Member |
28 | Eng. El Sayed El Yamani Ali Sarkees | y1************* | Egypt | Member |
29 | Dr. (Ms.) Eman Ragab Mohamed Nofal - Young Professional | em************* | Egypt | Member |
30 | Ir. Felipe Dantas | fe************* | Australia | Member |
31 | Dr. Feng-Wen Chen | ch************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
32 | Dr. Gamal Mohamed Elkassar | ge************* | Egypt | Member |
33 | Dr. Graziano Ghinassi | gr************* | Italy | Member |
34 | Prof. Gu Tao | 13************* | China | Member |
35 | Dr. Guanghua Guan | GG************* | China | Member |
36 | Eng. (Ms.) Hala Ramadan El-Sayed Ismail | ha************* | Egypt | Member |
37 | Dr. Hossein Dehghanisanij | de************* | Iran | Member |
38 | Mr. Ian William Makin | ia************* | United Kingdom | Member |
39 | Mr. Ibrahim Burak Yeşiloğlu | ib************* | Turkey | Member |
40 | Er. Isomiddin Akramov | is************* | Uzbekistan | Member |
41 | Mr. Jan Potgieter | ja************* | South Africa | Member |
42 | Ms. Jianxin Mu | ji************* | China | Member |
43 | Prof. Jiesheng Huang | sd************* | China | Member |
44 | Dr. Katsuyuki SHIMIZU | sh************* | Japan | Member |
45 | Dr. Khumbulani Dhavu | dh************* | South Africa | Member |
46 | Prof. Kwang Sik Yoon | ks************* | South Korea | Member |
47 | Prof. L.B. Roy - Direct Member | lb************* | India | Member |
48 | Dr. Li Yalong | ly************* | China | Member |
49 | Dr. (Ms.) Liu Jing - Young Professional | ji************* | China | Member |
50 | Prof. Luo Yufeng | yf************* | China | Member |
51 | Dr. Macdex Mutema | mu************* | South Africa | Member |
52 | Dr. Man Singh | ma************* | India | Member |
53 | Ir. Mat Hussin Bin Ghani | ma************* | Malaysia | Member |
54 | Mr. Mehrzad Ehsani | ir************* | Iran | Member |
55 | Prof. Michele Pernoila | in************* | Italy | Member |
56 | Mr. Mohamad Ramdani | mr************* | Indonesia | Member |
57 | Mr. Mohamad Radzi Bin Abdul Talib | ra************* | Malaysia | Member |
58 | Dr. Mohamed Elhagarey | el************* | Egypt | Member |
59 | Dr. Mohamed H. Amer | dr************* | Egypt | Member |
60 | Mr. Mohd Yazid bin Abdullah | ir************* | Malaysia | Member |
61 | Dr. Mohsen Barahimi | mb************* | Iran | Member |
62 | Dr. Mona Liza Delos Reyes | mf************* | Philippines | Member |
63 | Dr. Muhammad Ashraf | mu************* | Pakistan | Member |
64 | Engr. Muhammad Sani Bala | ms************* | Nigeria | Member |
65 | Mr. Muhammad Adrie Azhari | ad************* | Indonesia | Member |
66 | Dr. Narges Zohrabi | na************* | Iran | Member |
67 | Dr. (Ms.) Neelam Patel | ne************* | India | Member |
68 | Mr. Ömer Faruk Akbulut | of************* | Turkey | Member |
69 | M. Omid Moridnejaad - Young Professional | o.************* | Iran | Member |
70 | Ms. Özlem YILDIZ | oz************* | Turkey | Member |
71 | Dr. P. Soman | dr************* | India | Member |
72 | Dr. Peng-Jui Wang | ar************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
73 | Dr. Ping Li | li************* | China | Member |
74 | Prof. Qi Xuebin | qx************* | China | Member |
75 | Eng. Rafat Nael AbdulGhani Al-Intaki | ra************* | Iraq | Member |
76 | Prof. Dr. Ray Shyan Wu | ra************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
77 | Engr. Reyne B. Ugay | r_************* | Philippines | Member |
78 | Dr. Sanjay Madhukar Belsare | be************* | India | Member |
79 | Dr. Shao Yiu Hsu | sy************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
80 | Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang | wa************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
81 | Dr. Shi Yuan - Young Professional | 86************* | China | Member |
82 | Dr. Shinji FUKUDA | sh************* | Japan | Member |
83 | Mr. Siboniso Phillip Mkhaliphi | ms************* | South Africa | Member |
84 | Prof. Sunil D. Gorantiwar | sd************* | India | Member |
85 | Mr. Taku MORI | t.************* | Japan | Member |
86 | Prof. Dr. Tarek Ahmed El-Samman | ta************* | Egypt | Member |
87 | Mr. Tariq Altaf | ta************* | Pakistan | Member |
88 | Dr. Tasuku Kato | ta************* | Japan | Member |
89 | Dr. Teoh Chin Chuang | cc************* | Malaysia | Member |
90 | Dr. Toshihiko KUNO | to************* | Japan | Member |
91 | Dr. Usman Khalid Awan | u.************* | Pakistan | Member |
92 | Mr. Usman-e- Ghani | un************* | Pakistan | Member |
93 | Dr. Waleed Hassan M. Abou El Hassan | Wa************* | Egypt | Member |
94 | Ts Ir Wan Noorul Hafilah Binti Wan Ariffin | no************* | Malaysia | Member |
95 | Dr. Wu Di | wu************* | China | Member |
96 | Dr. Wu Jingwei | ji************* | China | Member |
97 | Dr. Xiaoyan GUAN | gu************* | China | Member |
98 | Mr. Yalçin Dalgin | ya************* | Turkey | Member |
99 | Dr. Yu Min Wang | wa************* | Chinese Taipei Committee | Member |
100 | Dr. Yujiang Xiong | xi************* | China | Member |
101 | Dr. Yutthana Talaluxmana | fe************* | Thailand | Member |
102 | Mrs. Zaineb Mohammed Akram | zo************* | Iraq | Member |
103 | Dr. A. Hafied A. Gany | ha************* | Indonesia | Observer |
104 | Mr. Abijit Joshi | jo************* | India | Observer |
105 | Mr. Alan Kendall Clark | ac************* | United Kingdom | Observer |
106 | Mr. M.S. Sudhakar | su************* | India | Observer |
107 | Dr. Alok Sikka | a.************* | India | Permanent Observer |
108 | Dr. Petra Schmitter (World Bank) | ps************* | Myanmar | Permanent Observer |
In addition to the below representatives from FAO and IWMI are Permanent Observers.
As per the decision of the 75th IEC Meeting, WG-IWM&D was established with the amalgamation of the erstwhile workbodies - Working Group on Sustainable On-Farm Irrigation System Development (WG-SON-FARM), Working Group on Water Saving In Irrigated Areas (WG-WATS), Working Group on Modernization and Revitalization of Irrigation Schemes (WG-M&R), and Working Group on Irrigation Development and Management (WG-IDM).