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May 3, 2024
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Invited seminar to the Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Professor Madramootoo gave an invited seminar听to听the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering titled: Investigating nitrate losses and nitrous oxide emissions under varying water tables in artificially drained fields.
April 29, 2024
Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture, FAO, Rome
Professor Madramootoo was invited to chair a session and speak at the Technical Preparatory Meeting for the High-level Dialogue on the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG).
Desautels Africa Business Initiative 10th Anniversary Conference
March 16, 2024
Professor Madramootoo was a guest speaker at the Desautels Africa Business Initiative 10th听Anniversary Conference on March 16, 2024, held at Leacock Hall, 缅北强奸. His presentation focused on the Theme of Energy and the Agri-tech Sector in Africa.
House of Commons Standing Committee
February 15, 2024
Professor Chandra Madramootoo was invited to appear as a witness before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, where he presented a statement on Water as part of Canada鈥檚 foreign policy agenda.
Webinar: Towards the Utilization of Agricultural Drainage Benefits for Facing the Future Challenges and Achieving Sustainability
September 29, 2023
ICID, as part of its capacity development program and to attract young minds to agricultural water management has been organizing training programs and workshops for YP鈥檚 regionally and internationally. The main objectives of the training program/workshops are to capacitate the young water experts in the area of irrigation and drainage sector and motivate action towards national development.
As part of CDTE-WG, AFRWG and WG-LDRG activities, a series of webinars had been organized for the capacity building and development of YP鈥檚 and one of these programs is a webinar on: Towards the utilization of Agricultural drainage benefits for facing future challenges and achieving sustainability. This webinar was a good opportunity for the participants to have background about multi benefits of agricultural drainage and how these systems could be utilized. This webinar was moderated by VPH Dr. Mohamed Abd El Moneim Wahba (Egypt) and featured speakers including: PH Prof. Em. Dr. Ir. Bart Schultz (The Netherlands), PH Prof. Chandra A. Madramootoo P.Eng. (Canada), and VPH Dr. Willem F. Vlotman (Australia).
United Nations Science Summit
September 26, 2022
Dr. Chandra Madramootoo led a session at the United Nations Science Summit entitled: Food Self Sufficiency for Resilient Development and Economic Growth in Small Island Developing States. This session promoted an open dialogue on overcoming food and nutrition insecurity in the SIDS, so that they can have a more resilient development pathway and positive growth scenario.
Featured presenters on the panel were: President Irfaan Ali of Guyana, Hon. Minster Indar Weir of Barbados, Ismahane Elouafi of FAO, Gordon of 缅北强奸, Audia Barnett of Jamaica, Saidul Islam of Singapore.
11th International Drainage Symposium
September 02, 2022: Des Moines, Iowa
Professor Madramootoo gave an invited talk at the 11th International Drainage Symposium. SWCS and ASABE.
Florida-International Agriculture Innovation Summit
March 31, 2022: Miami
Professor Madramootoo was invited by the Canadian Consulate-General in Miami to speak at the Florida-International Agriculture Innovation Summit. His talk was entitled "Water Conservation in Agriculture in Canada".
The UN Food Systems Summit听
听September 23, 2021: New York
Dr. Chandra Madramootoo was responsible for coordinating inputs to the UN Secretary-General鈥檚 2021 Food Systems Summit. The focus of this Summit was to set the stage for global food systems transformation in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
ASABE/IA 6th Decennial National Irrigation Symposium
December 6-10th, 2021: San Diego
Former PhD students, Drs Aghil Yari and Samuel Ihuoma, will present the results of their research at the ASABE/IA 6th Decennial National Irrigation Symposium on December 7 and 8, 2021. The title of their presentations are: Using variable-rate irrigation for water and energy conservation and crop productivity: A case study in Southern Alberta, Canada by Drs Yari and Madramootoo, and Satellite observations of variability in evapotranspiration over an intensive tomato producing region of Southern Ontario, Canada by Drs. Ihuoma and Madramootoo.
More information can be found .
缅北强奸 Food for Thought Public Lecture Series
October 06, 2021
Professor Madramootoo was a speaker at the 缅北强奸 Food for Thought Public Lecture Series. His talk was entitled "How water use in agriculture has changed over the decades".
International Symposium Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Increasing Carbon Sequestration in a Circular Economy
September 29th,听2021: Online
The 缅北强奸 Water Innovation Lab, in conjunction with the University of Saskatchewan and Dalhousie University held this virtual on-line international symposium, under the auspices of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program (AGGP) II. The Symposium was held in collaboration with the Canadian Water Resource Association, Fulbright Canada, the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage and the Global Research Alliance. The aim of the symposium was to present the results of over 5 years of research on beneficial water management practices which simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase agricultural productivity, and produce environmental co-benefits. Dr. Michael Hawes, President and CEO of Fulbright Canada gave the welcome remarks, while Professor Rattan Lal Director of the CFAES Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration at The Ohio State University, and recipient of the 2020 World Food Prize gave the keynote speech. The feature presentation was delivered by Dr. Tim Searchinger, a Senior Fellow and Technical Director of the Food Program at the World Resource Institute in Washington DC. These presentations were followed by two panels: Assessment and Modelling of Ecosystem Dynamics, and Framing Approaches to Greenhouse Gas Reductions in a Circular Economy. The panels featured research results that measured, predicted, and mitigated GHG emissions. Research showed how machine learning, biophysical and economic models can be integrated to establish best practices and policies for agricultural producers. Future research needs to integrate GHG emissions and agricultural water management with economic modelling were identified, in order to reduce climate change impacts.
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Canadian Water Resources Association Panel Discussion for World Water Day
March 25, 2021
听Professor Madramootoo was a member of the panel on Valuing Water in Canada.
