International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage

Congress themes / Questions discussed
Place and Date Congress themes / Questions discussed
Nov 01, 2023 - Nov 08, 2023
Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India
25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture
Question 64: What alternative water resources could be tapped for irrigated agriculture?
Question 65: Which on-farm techniques can increase water productivity?
Symposium - Proceedings - International Symposium on Pathways and Technologies for Modern Irrigation Services; and Report - New Advances in Water Saving in Irrigation
Workshops - Proceedings - International Workshop on The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Examples of Application; Proceedings - International Workshop on Innovated Agricultural Water Management under Climate Change; Proceedings - International Workshop on The State of Drainage Worldwide; and Proceedings - International Workshop on Global Challenges of Land Subsidence in Tidal Areas and the Integrated Solutions
Oct 03, 2022 - Oct 10, 2022
Adelaide Convention Center, Adelaide, Australia
24th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Innovation and research in agriculture water management to achieve sustainable development goals
Question 62: What Role Can Information And Communication Technology Play In Travelling The Last Mile ?
Question 63: What Role Is Played By Multi-Disciplinary Dialogue To Achieve Sustainable Development Goals ?
Special Session - Developing the future tools for managing uncertainty in irrigation water supply
Symposium - Integrated Approaches to Irrigation Management in Future
Workshops - WG-MWSCD: International Workshop on ‘Managing on the Regional, State or Local Level, Water Scarcity Resulting from Conflicting Demands’; WG-SDTA: International Workshop on ‘Integrated Solution for Irrigation and Drainage Tails and Land Subsidence in Tidal Areas’; WG-AFM: International Workshop on ‘Adaptive Flood Management’; WG-WFE-N: International Workshop on ‘The Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Implementation and Example of Application’; WG-VE: Internal Workshop on ‘Value Engineering for Sustainable Water Projects’; WG-M&R: International Workshop on “Modernizing Irrigation Services”; WG-IOA: International Workshop on "Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Irrigation and Drainage Operation and Maintenance towards Sustainable Agricultural Water Management”; WG-RWH : Workshop and field trip; WG-NCWRI: Workshop on “Nonconventional irrigation water – Managing salinity in high value agriculture”;
Oct 08, 2017 - Oct 14, 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
23rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a New Green Revolution
Question 60: Water Productivity: Revisiting the concepts in light of water, energy and food nexus
Question 61: State of knowledge of irrigation techniques and practicalities within given socio-economic settings
Special Session - Irrigation techniques for reuse of wastewater in agriculture and its impact on health and environment
Symposium - Global Review of institutional reforms in irrigation sector for sustainable agriculture water management
Seminars - Water Use in food value chains: a Challenge for a New Green Revolution?
Aug 14, 2014 - Aug 20, 2014
Gwangju, South Korea
22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Securing Water for Food and Rural Community under Climate Change
Question 58: How Irrigation and Drainage Play an Important Role in Climate Change Adaptation?
Question 59: How Do Irrigation and Drainage Interventions Secure Food Production and Livelihood for Rural Community?
Special Session - Special Session: New Partnership for Rural Development
Symposium - Symposium: Non-point Sources Pollution (NPS) and Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Workshops - Workshop: Sustainable Management of Tidal Area in the Era of Climate Change
Oct 15, 2011 - Oct 23, 2011
Tehran, Iran
21st International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Water productivity towards food security
Question 56: Water and Land Productivity Challenges
Question 57: Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture
Special Session - Special Session: Modernization of Water Management Schemes
Symposium - Symposium: Climate Change Impacts on Soil and Water Resources
Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 18, 2008
Lahore, Pakistan
20th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Participatory Integrated Water Resources Management - From Concepts to Actions
Question 55: Roles of Public and Private Sectors in Water Resources Development and Management
Question 54: Sustainable Integrated Water Resource Management
Special Session - Special Session: Implication of Global Changes on Irrigation and Drainage System Development and Management
Symposium - Symposium: Integrated Water Management in the River Basin Context
Sep 13, 2005 - Sep 18, 2005
Beijing, China
19th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Use of Water and Land for Food and Environmental Sustainability
Question 52: Improving Water and Land Management for Increasing Efficiency in Irrigated Agriculture
Question 53: Harmonious Coexistence with Flood Water
Special Session - Special Session: Legal and institutional challenges
Symposium - Symposium: Water quality/salinity management
Jul 21, 2002 - Jul 28, 2002
Montreal, Canada
18th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme : Food Production Under Conditions of Water Scarcity, Increasing Population and Environmental Pressures
Question 50: Food production, poverty alleviation and environmental challenges as influenced by limited water resources and population growth
Question 51: Integration and management of irrigation, drainage and flood control
Special Session - Special Session: Research and development in irrigation, drainage and flood control
Symposium - Symposium: Private sector participation in irrigation and drainage
Sep 11, 1999 - Sep 19, 1999
Granada, Spain
17th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme : Water for Agriculture in the next millenniu m
uestion 48: Irrigation under conditions of water scarcity
Question 49: Rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation and drainage systems.
Special Session - Special Session: Sustainable use of poor quality water
Symposium - Symposium: Irrigated agriculture - Constraints, future role and crop diversification
Sep 15, 1996 - Sep 22, 1996
Cairo, Egypt, Egypt
16th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme : Sustainability of irrigated agriculture
Question 46: Farmers' participation towards sustainable irrigated agriculture.
Question 47: Irrigation planning and management: Measures in harmony with the environment.
Special Session - Special Session: The future of irrigation under increased demand from competitive uses of water and greater needs for food supply
Symposium - Symposium: Management information systems in irrigation and drainage
Sep 04, 1993 - Sep 11, 1993
Hague, The Netherlands, Netherlands
15th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme : Water management in the next century
Question 44: Planning and design of irrigation and drainage systems.
Question 45: Irrigation and drainage systems management - institutional and financial interrelationships.
Special Session - Special Session: Irrigation and drainage competition for water
Symposium - Symposium: The impact of real time information on system management
Apr 30, 1990 - May 04, 1990
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brazil
14th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 42: The influence of irrigation and drainage on the environment with particular emphasis on impact on the quality of surface and ground waters.
Question 43: The role of irrigation in mitigating the effects of drought.
Special Session - Special Session: Socio-economic and technological impacts of mechanized irrigation systems
Symposium - Symposium: Real-time scheduling of water deliveries
Sep 21, 1987 - Sep 26, 1987
Casablanca, Morocco
13th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme : Improving water management in developing countries
Question 40: Rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation and drainage projects for improving water management.
Question 41: Improving water management through training.
Special Session - Special Session: The role and integration of irrigation, drainage and flood control projects in the national development plans of developing countries
Symposium - Symposium: Designing and operating irrigation systems, particularly on-farm systems, having insufficient capacity to meet peak water requirements in semi-arid regions, with emphasis on economics
May 28, 1984 - Jun 02, 1984
Fort Collins, USA
12th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 38: Water management factors.
Question 39: Irrigation and drainage of problems soils
Special Session - Special Session: Impact of the energy crisis on irrigation and drainage
Symposium - Symposium: New developments in the protection of irrigation/drainage and flood control structures on rivers
Aug 31, 1981 - Sep 06, 1981
Grenoble, France
11th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 36: Improvement and modernization of existing irrigation and drainage systems.
Question 37: Flood control in relation to land use planning and water management
Special Session - Special Session: Methods of post-project evaluation : Achievements and remedial measures
Symposium - Symposium: Principles of designing control systems for water resources and irrigation using modern techniques
May 24, 1978 - Jun 04, 1978
Athens, Greece, Greece
10th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 33: Economic evaluation of irrigation projects - studies developed and case studies of economic and environmental effects.
Question 34: Lateral subsurface drainage techniques and drainage construction methods.
Question 35: Operation and maintenance of irrigation and drainage systems (Organization, maintenance equipment, operation, etc.).
Special Session - Special Session: Mass transfer of water over long distances for regional development and its effects on the human environment
Symposium - Symposium: Development of techniques to recharge subterranean aquifers to conserve surplus river flows
Jul 28, 1975 - Aug 02, 1975
Moscow, USSR , Russia
9th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 30: Sediment controlling irrigation intake structures
Question 31: Planning of development of ground water for irrigation.
Question 32: Comparison of advanced methods of irrigation including development of irrigation by pumping.
Special Session - Special Session: Environmental control for irrigation, drainage and flood control projects
Symposium - Symposium: Introduction of automatic facilities for the needs of collecting and processing of information, planning and managing in the fields of irrigation and drainage
May 17, 1972 - May 27, 1972
Varna, Bulgaria, Bulgaria
8th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 27: Field irrigation and drainage in deltaic, coastal and low-lying areas
Question 28: Recent and promising developments including mechanization of operations in the field of irrigation and drainage
Question 29: Factors affecting river training, and flood plain regulation (including flood zoning)
Special Session - Special Session: Essential measures for introduction and development of irrigation and drainage schemes in developing countries
Symposium - Symposium: Water resources system planning with special reference to irrigation, drainage and flood control
Apr 09, 1969 - Apr 19, 1969
Mexico City, Mexico
7th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 23: Water requirements of crops.
Question 24: Hydraulic structures on small channels.
Question 25: Methods and economics of operation and maintenance of drainage systems in agricultural areas.
Question 26: Development of new irrigable and drained areas - procedures and policies.
Special Session - Special Session: Essential elements necessary for successful irrigated agriculture
Symposium - Symposium: The application of computers in the analysis of various problems relating to irrigation and drainage systems
Jan 04, 1966 - Jan 13, 1966
New Delhi, India
6th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 19: Reclamation of saline lands under irrigation.
Question 20: Sediment in irrigation and drainage channels.
Question 21: Development of deltaic areas.
Question 22: Integrated operation of reservoirs for irrigation, flood control and other purposes.
Special Session - Special Session: New and promising developments in the field of irrigation, drainage and flood control
May 14, 1963 - May 21, 1963
Tokyo, Japan
5th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 15: Economics and financing of irrigation, and flood control works
Question 16: Efficiency of water distribution and use on the land.
Question 17: Control of water table in drained lands - prevention of overdrainage.
Question 18: Flood prevention and control by surface and subsurface retention or spreading.
May 29, 1960 - Jun 04, 1960
Madrid, Spain
4th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 11: Reclamation of waterlogged and marshy lands.
Question 12: Sprinkler irrigation and comparison with other methods of irrigation.
Question 13: Tolerance of plants to minerals in solution in irrigation water and in soil.
Question 14: Use of longitudinal embankments or levees as flood protection measures.
Apr 30, 1957 - May 06, 1957
San Francisco, USA
3rd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 7: Canal lining
Question 8: Soil and water relationship in irrigation.
Question 9: Hydraulic structures on irrigation and drainage systems.
Question 10: Interrelation between irrigation and drainage.
Apr 12, 1954 - Apr 17, 1954
Algiers, Algeria, Algeria
2nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 3: The problem of freeboard in irrigation channels.
Question 4: Behavior of subsoil water table under a system of irrigation and/or drainage.
Question 5: The maintenance of irrigation and drainage channels with special reference to weed control.
Question 6: Ground Water: Its use for irrigation, safe yield from a unit area or basin, artificial recharge of supply and planned utilization of underground reservoirs.
Jan 11, 1951 - Jan 16, 1951
Delhi, India
1st International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Theme - Theme: Not Available
Question 1: National review of irrigation development and practice.
Question 2: Present-day problems in irrigation and drainage.

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