Alan Kendall Clark

Alan Clark is a Principal of Northwest Hydraulic Consultants and has over 30 years’ experience in preparing and implementing both small and large irrigation scheme developments in Asia and Africa as Team Leader and/ or irrigation specialist. He completed his MSc in Irrigation Engineering at Southampton University in 1985 and joined ICID in 1992. His expertise embraces water and energy efficiency of irrigation developments, risk assessments, operation and maintenance and sustainability aspects including potential roles of water users, private sector, and government.

Naota Hanasaki

Dr. Hanasaki is Head of Climate Change Impacts Assessment Research Section, Center for Climate Change Adaptation at National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). He Hanasaki earned a B.Eng./M.Eng./Dr.Eng. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on hydrology and water resources engineering, particularly development of a macro scale physically-based hydrological model incorporating major human activities such as irrigation, water withdrawal, and reservoir operation.

Dialogues on Resilient Infrastructure Drought Resilience: Irrigation, water harvesting, drainage

This presentation discussed protective irrigation, water harvesting and watershed management, and efficient drainage for salinity control to enhance drought resilience. Jelle highlighted the importance of ensuring that drought resilience solutions are closely aligned with national development priorities. F

Abdul Malik Sadat Idris

Abdul Malik Sadat Idris is the Director for Irrigation and Water Resources of Ministry of National Development Planning/BAPPE, Indonesia.

Mr. Idris was a Panelist at the Resilient Infrastructure Recovery and Building Back Better by JICA, Japan, 2020. He was a Speaker at the Japan Exposure Visit by World Bank, Japan, 2019; Speaker at the 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) & 70th IEC Meeting by INACID, Indonesia, 2019; Speaker at the Water Week of World Bank, USA, 2019; and Speaker at the 27th Annual CCPP Conference on Public-Private Partnerships, Canada, 2019.

Poolad Karimi

Dr. Poolad Karimi is a water resources & irrigation engineer with more than 10 years international experience in Asia and Africa. He works at UNESCO-IHE as a senior lecturer/researcher in irrigation management. He has worked on a range of issues related to water resources and agricultural water management. This includes having a leading role in the development of the Water Accounting Plus framework. He has been involved in numerous research projects pertaining water accounting, basin and field level productivity, water productivity assessments, and irrigation.

Virginia Newton-Lewis

Virginia specializes in water security as it relates to WASH. She has worked on a wide range of water issues including food security, irrigation, water resources management, and flood risk management. She holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, where she explored the topic of agricultural-to-urban water allocation.

Achieving Energy, Water and Food Sustainability through Agricultural Demand Side Management

Water, energy and food security are three vital sleaze factors that decide the existence and development of a nation. A recent study done in Karnataka, the second-largest arid region in India, revealed that Agricultural Demand Side Management (Ag-DSM) along with the promotion of best irrigation practices with strong policy support can save both electricity and water, creating better food security and a stronger future.

Using Irrigation Canals to Electrify Remote Villages

The proprietary Helios microgrid has been demonstrated in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. HeliosAltas Corporation demonstrated how a combination of micro-hydro using a local irrigation canal, PV, storage and Pico grid devices can effectively and economically and cleanly electrify an off-grid community in just a few days. For this proof of concept project, two 500-watt Powerballs micro-hydro units, 650 Watts of PV and 300 AH of AGM batteries were installed to power 10 huts in the village of Kibanban.