12th MALAYSIAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRRIGATION AND
DRAINAGE

The Ministry of Agriculture And Agro Based Industry
Malaysia, The Malaysian National Committee on
Irrigation and Drainage (MANCID) and the Department of
Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (DID), take pleasure
in inviting you to attend the 12th MANCID Annual
Conference (MANCO) which will be held in Port
Dickson, Negeri Sembilan from December 20 to 21 2004.

On December 19, 2004, MANCID will hold its annual
Family Day open to all MANCID members at the same
venue.

Papers for presentation are now open for registration.

Attached is the registration form for the seminar.
More information can be obtained from MANCID homepage
at

http://agrolink.moa.my/did/mancid/


Enquiries:
======

For further information, clarification or assistance,
kindly contact the Secretariat at the following
address:

Secretariat, MANCID
D/A Bahagian Pengairan dan Saliran Pertanian
Kementerian Pertanian Dan Industri Asas Tani Malaysia
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin,
50626 Kuala Lumpur.

Contact persons:

En. Shahrunizam Bin Hj. Mashkor / En. Kalaiselvam a/l
Velayudan

Tel: 03- 26175671 / 5751 Fax: 03- 2694 5489
E-mail : neyzam@..., kalaiselvam@...

Background
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The aim of irrigation and drainage in this new century
is to ensure the sustainability of agricultural
activities particularly in achieving global food
security.

While the demand for food is dramatically increasing,
the per capita availability of land and water, very
critical requirements for food production, is
decreasing. Besides the decreasing area of available
land for cultivation, the potential of the existing
cultivated lands are jeopardized due to
desertification, waterlogging and salinity. Costly and
economically-challenging investments are needed to
enhance drainage and irigation systems. Consumptive
lifestyles are becoming more fashionable leading to
unnecessary and wasteful consumption are clearly
adding salt to the wound. On top of that,
unsustainable anthropogenic actions are polluting more
water resources, at times, to a point where their
treatment become economically unviable.

This scenario indeed calls for efficient and effective
water resource management especially at the basin
level. It requires, among others, increasing
withdrawals where potential exists, minimizing water
losses, reducing flood risks and enhancing human
capacity to deal with water and irrigation management
issues.

MANCO 12th aims at providing a channel for the
exchange of ideas amongst specialists from various
disciplines regarding social and economic issues on
water irrigation and drainage. In doing so, it
attempts to

- assess the current state of irrigation and drainage
especially in relation to national economic and
environmental conditions;
- discuss the current issues on sustainability of of
irrigation and drainage development.
- seek a new role of irrigation and drainage in
rising the level of employment and living standard in
rural areas.

Call for papers
=========

The organizer invites submission of papers relevant to
the theme of the conference. Intending authors are
requested to submit their abstracts and papers
according to the following schedule :

Title and abstract - 10th October 2004
Full text - 29th October 2004

The conference is organized for the benefit of policy
makers, engineers, planner, consultants, contractors,
academicians, researchers, farmers, NGO¡¦s and others
who are directly or indirectly involved in the
planning, design, construction, operation and
maintenance of irrigations and drainage project.

- Single (Deluxe) RM 170.00 nett / night

- Twin Sharing (Deluxe) RM 120.00 nett / night

- Junior Suite RM 360.00 nett per night

- Signature Suite RM 430.00 nett per night

Reservations can be made through the Conference
Secretariat.

Fees
===

Member RM 350.00
Non-Member RM 380.00
This conference fee is non-refundable. However,
replacement is allowed.


Thank you.

Amlir Ayat
Chairman
Young Professional's Forum
Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage



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