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Efficient Irrigation Management Tools for Agricultural Cultivations and Urban Landscapes
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Eighth Global Studies Conference
To be held at Imperial College London
London, UK, 20-21 July 2015. Among
its themes there is also theme 4:
Resources and Environment.
Find
more
at:
Rainwater Harvesting: Solutions to
U.S. Water Supply Challenges
The American Rainwater Catchment
Systems Association organises its
2014
Annual
Conference,
in
November 17 - 20, 2014 at Phoenix
Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona
U.S.A.
Find more at:
ISHS New chairs for commissions
of: irrigation and plant water
relations and landscape and urban
horticulture
Prof. Dr. Manuela Zude was recently
confirmed by the ISHS Council as new
Chair of the Commission Irrigation and
Plant Water Relations. She succeeds
Dr. Richard L. Snyder in this office.
The new Chair will be assisted by
Vice-Chair Prof. Dr. Esmaeil Fallahi
(USA).
Prof. Giorgio Prosdocimi Gianquinto
was confirmed Landscape and Urban
Horticulture. He succeeds Prof. Gert
Groening who led the Commission for
eight years. The new Chair will be
assisted by an equally new Vice-Chair
Dr. Rup Kumar Roy (India).
Standardisation
ICC and ASABE: New Landscape
Irrigation Sprinkler Standard
The first ANSI standard to establish
uniform testing procedures for key
landscape and irrigation systems
components.
Find it at:
Education- Training
New modes of learning and
teaching in higher education
Report of the High-Level Group on the
Modernization of Higher Education of
EU.
The
authors
make
recommendations highlighting the
need for better targeting of resources
to promote the development and use
of more flexible digital learning and
teaching methods in higher education.
Download it from here:
EIP-AGRI Seminar: Steps for
launching Operational Groups
DG AGRI is organizing a seminar
named 'Launching Operational Groups
and EIP Networking in Rural