Adamawa A lawmaker representing Yola North Constituency in the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sulaiman Alkali, last Saturday presented 12 cows, 80 bags of rice, cartons of spaghetti and gallons of cooking oil to party leaders in his constituency.
Presenting the items at a ceremony in Yola, Alkali, an All Progressives Congress (APC) member, said the gesture was to enable the leaders to celebrate Sallah with the electorate in their various areas.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has called on Muslim Ummah to sustain the virtues of endurance, discipline and love imbibed during the holy month of Ramadan.
Ekweremadu made the call in his Eid el-Fitr message to the Muslim Ummah on Saturday signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Uche Anichukwu.
Jigawa The Jigawa State Government has donated 18 rams and five cows to the state command of Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) for distribution to inmates in the state for Eid-el-Fitr celebration.
“As Muslims, the people of the state are expected to develop the environment culture even without restriction.
Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has called on journalists to display high sense of professionalism, patriotism and discipline in their calling and avoid hate speeches and reports that tend to divide the nation.
He said the commission had pushed for more centres, especially in 13 of the 20 council areas in the state to reduce crowd in existing centres.
“We have identified some flash points in the state, and our men will be stationed in those areas to ensure that people celebrate the sallah peacefully.
The spokesman of IDPs, Alhaji Adamu Gulani, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Damaturu last Saturday.

The report “Smart Irrigation Market Analysis: By Sensor Type (Rain, Flow, Wind, Temperature, Humidity, Soil Moisture and Others); By Application (Agriculture, Greenhouses, Golf Courses, Parks, Residential, Landscapping & Others) – With Forecast (2016-2021)” published by Market Intel Reports states that North America currently accounts for the largest share of the smart irrigation market, with Europe coming second.
The Smart Irrigation Market produces smart irrigation which is an automated system providing plants with sufficient water without any manual intervention.
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But lack of awareness regarding benefits of smart water irrigation system and high implementation costs inhibit the market.
North America is expected to dominate the Smart Irrigation Market due to increased focus on water conversation solutions and supportive infrastructure to implement the intelligent irrigation system.
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Moroccan Researcher Follows Impact of Climate Change.
After receiving a Ph.D. degree on the proper use of irrigation water in Morocco last year and finishing a training fellowship at NASA two years ago, Kholoud Kahime continues to study the impact of climate change on her country.
“Morocco has a lot of natural resources such as the sun and wind energy,” she said.
At the same time, she continues to work on a NASA project that uses satellite data to monitor water use in irrigation, so that farmers can make the most precise and economical use of water in agriculture.
According to a report by IRES, a Moroccan public policy think tank, the region will be subject to increasing drought and flooding, deterioration of ecosystems, water scarcity, the development of new diseases, and forced population migration.
In 2015, Kahime was the only Arab among ten Ph.D. students from developing countries to receive the Prince Albert of Monaco Scholarship for the study of climate change.
This enabled her to enroll in a training program at the Biosphere Sciences Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, in the United States.
Kahime received an award from Ibn Zohr University for her master’s degree research in 2010.
Kahime now works with five farms in the Marrakesh region to test new irrigation methods based on close monitoring of water use.
The government of Morocco has made a public commitment to supporting techniques and policies that help the country adapt to a changing climate, yet there still needs to be better communication between policy makers and scientists, Kahime says.

The caliphate is besieged.
ISIS’s self-image is enhanced by the level of force used against it by the “crusader states” of the “far enemy”.
ISIS’s current strategy has two more elements.
A view across decades These operations aim to stir up as much anti-Muslim bigotry as possible.
A recent report finds that twenty-two Arab countries are home to 300 million people aged 15-24, while those in Asia and the Pacific have 400 million.
The Arab states in particular suffer from very high rates of youth unemployment, averaging 30% for the region but peaking in war-torn states such as Yemen at 55%.
ISIS today seems to be near collapse, but the longer-term prospects for it and like-minded movements are far more promising than many in the west are ready to acknowledge.
Its executive secretary Monique Barbut points to the 375 million young people who will enter African job markets by 2032, over half (200 million) of whom will be living in rural areas.
In short, there are many tens of millions of young, educated and knowledgeable people across the Middle East, Africa and Asia who have grounds to see the world from an entirely different perspective to leaderships and elites in the global north.
ISIS today seems to be near collapse, at least in a territorial sense.

EBRD provides a €120 million loan to the Morocco Saïss Water Conservation Project.
The FINANCIAL — The EBRD is providing a €120 million loan to the Saïss Water Conservation Project in Morocco that will help protect the country’s agricultural sector from the impact of climate change.
The EBRD’s financing for the Saïss Water Conservation Project for the construction of irrigation infrastructure is being supported by a co-financing grant of €32 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
In Morocco, extreme water scarcity is being exacerbated by the impacts of climate change, and the unsustainable use of groundwater is leading to a reduction in groundwater reserves, posing a severe threat to agricultural production and rural livelihoods.
It will enable a switch from highly unsustainable groundwater to the use of sustainable surface water resources, as well as improving access to best-practice and efficient irrigation techniques, according to EBRD.
Ms Veilleux-Laborie, said: “This investment is very important for Morocco to strengthen Morocco’s infrastructure and to secure sustainable water resources.
Via this project we will foster greater private sector involvement and we will contribute to the development of Agriculture in the country, a key sector that provides 40 per cent of total employment.” The investment will also bolster community involvement in water governance by scaling up technical skills and institutional capacities and promoting private sector involvement in the adoption of improved, modern irrigation infrastructure and equipment.
This will increase the efficiency of water use and services and promote drip irrigation and modern water demand management methods, strengthening the capacity for climate change adaptation in the Sebou-Saïss basin.
It was established by 194 governments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries and to help adapt vulnerable societies to the impacts of climate change.
To date, the Bank has invested about €1.2 billion in 30 projects in the country.

An hour later, at around 5 pm, Kewalbai has managed to fill two pots.
She picks up one pot and walks up to him to hand it over.
“There were two hand pumps at the start of the summer,” she recollects, while washing clothes outside her home.
It is 9 am before I begin my household chores.” Five hours in the morning and three hours late-afternoon – Shalubai spends eight hours of her day fetching water for the family.
Eight hours of farm labour would earn Shalubai Rs 200, the standard daily wage here.
“My husband cannot walk, and can hardly work as a labourer.” Three days a week, Dolare spends four to five hours storing enough water to last for seven days.
The water source, a private borewell, is about a kilometre from her home.
Dolare pays Rs 2 for a pot.
Dolare would have to pay more than three times as much for 1,000 litres of water, and walk for 35 hours to collect that water.
She takes Ramu by the hand, picks up the two empty pots, and they begin another trip down the hill.

When water doesn’t flow….
According to the World Health Organization’s Essential Environmental Health Standards in Health Care, 100 liters of water are needed per medical intervention preformed in healthcare facilities.
When water does not flow from the piped water supply within the hospital, jerry cans (the yellow containers shown) are used to collect water from a nearby lake Managing Healthcare Facilities in Crisis through Innovation During water shortages, hospital staff adjust their expectations of patient care and have to make choices, which often compromise health outcomes.
The development and global health community is beginning to understand WASH conditions in healthcare facilities around the world as we collect more data in these settings.
What are the best ways for healthcare facilities to manage water when water scarcity is part of their everyday life?
My experience as a patient at the district hospital helped my colleagues expand the WASHCon Tool, to track the availability and utility of functioning toilets, who has access to them, and whether the facilities are locked.
This new tool has now collected data from 170 facilities in four countries.
As the WASH community works in partnership with development practitioners, global health researchers, and the private sector to reach Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), “achieve[ing] access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation” by 2030, it is imperative that more data be collected on WASH conditions in hospitals.
Researchers from the CGSW have been investigating the conditions of healthcare facilities in resource-limited countries and collecting primary data to inform interventions to improve access to safe drinking water.
Hospitalized in a health facility in Ghana for suspected appendicitis, she learned that while clean water is the gold standard in delivering patient care, limited access to an improved water source and seasonal water scarcity dictates water usage and availability for vulnerable populations within healthcare settings.

Water issue can escalate inter-Korean tension.
By Kim Se-jeong Climate change is creating water scarcity around the world, and Korea is not an exception, especially considering inter-Korean relations.
His field of expertise is trans-boundary water conflict.
In 2009, North Korea released water from a dam on the Imjin River that killed six South Koreans who were camping downstream.
Thursday’s lecture came as Korea is gripped by severe drought.
"It’s not physical scarcity of water where there’s no drinkable water, but Korea imports huge amounts of virtual water," the professor said.
Virtual water refers to water used in industrial and agricultural production.
The amount of virtual water one person uses in Korea is 1,179 cubic meters per year.
But Swain’s classification doesn’t sit well with some scholars and policy makers in Korea.
They claim Korea has enough water.

The travel and tourism industry is rolling up its sleeves to serve a new entrant: the silver tourist.
The silver tourist believes in spending big on holidays and embraces traditional hotel concepts, while the millennial and Generation Z have shunned the cookie-cutter approach to hospitality and is looking towards the shared economy concepts in the lodging industry.
This shift in global economic powers from the western to Asian economies has placed the Middle East at the center of many fast-growing markets.
While most countries are gearing up to attract and retain the Asian traveler, destinations within the Middle East have already put wheels in motion by improving air connectivity with Asian destinations, easing visa facilities, focusing on introducing a variety of activities in the family and cultural sectors, providing world-class retail options, and using Asian celebrities for promotion.
Development of urban tourism is dependent on economic growth, technological growth and increased air connectivity.
With water scarcity looming, it is important for the region to develop policies around sustainability within the tourism industry.
A growing population requires around 35% more food, 40% more water and 50% more energy while we are already at the brink of resource scarcity.
The region is vulnerable to warmer summers and water scarcity as a response to climate change (Source UNWTO).
Technology For many years, corporate technology was far more advanced than anything available to the consumer.
The travel and tourism industry has witnessed the infiltration of digitization across the entire value chain.

Water deficits are projected to get increasingly larger in the future.
According to the Swaziland’s Third National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention, demand increases are projected up to 28 per cent by 2050 overall, leading to increasing deficits, which will be worsened by climate change.
“Recently experienced drought years include 1991/92, 1994/95, 2001/ 02 and 2007, all which have impacted the water sector.
The observed climate variability in Swaziland, as part of the southern Africa region, over the recent past includes up to a 50 per cent decline in rainfall during the months of September and October.
Impacts Results based on previous vulnerability assessments for Swaziland’s major river basins (Komati, Mbuluzi and Usuthu) revealed wide-ranging impacts of climate change on water resources availability, accessibility and demand.
SWSC continues to facilitate water treatment projects IN collaboration with government, the Swaziland Water Services Corporation (SWSC) and other partners continue to facilitate major water treatment projects in the country.
The report stated that rural areas were also targeted for improved water supply, and on-going projects include treatment plants at Lomahasha, Somntongo, Matsanjeni and Sipho-faneni.
Assist To assist in maintaining water sustainability in the country, SWSC aimed at increasing the water storage reservoirs.
In this regard, the ministry of natural resources and energy, through the department of water affairs’ rural water supply branch, initiated a process of mapping all rural water points and sanitation infrastructure in Swaziland in 2013.
NDS calls for new water legislation THE National Development Strategy (NDS) advocates for the development of a new water legislation, policy and regulatory mechanism to facilitate delivery and management of water resources in the country.