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Desautels Africa Business Initiative 10th Anniversary Conference

March 16, 2024

Professor Madramootoo was a guest speaker at the Desautels Africa Business Initiative 10th Anniversary Conference on March 16, 2024, held at Leacock Hall, McGill University. 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’s 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’s 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’s 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 McGill University, 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 

 September 23, 2021: New York

Dr. Chandra Madramootoo was responsible for coordinating inputs to the UN Secretary-General’s 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 here.

McGill Food for Thought Public Lecture Series

October 06, 2021

Professor Madramootoo was a speaker at the McGill 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, 2021: Online

The McGill University 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.

To learn more about the symposium view the PDF icon Agenda and and the video of the Symposium can be found here

Canadian Water Resources Association Panel Discussion for World Water Day

March 25, 2021

 Professor Madramootoo was a member of the panel on Valuing Water in Canada.

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