CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
for sustainable production intensification
Amir Kassam
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Date: 27 mars 2015 16:12:18 UTC
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Objet: Global Soil Security Symposium: Call for Abstracts Extended
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Global Soil Security Symposium
May 19-21, 2015
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
www.soils.org/meetings/global-soil-security
Soil security requires maintenance and improvement of the soil resource to meet global challenges to produce food, fiber, fresh water, to contribute to sustainable energy production, adapt to climate changes, and to maintain biodiversity and human health.
Those concerned with achieving soil security recognize that attainment involves scientific, economic, and political engagement to effectively and credibly inform political and legal frameworks and implement appropriate actions.
Attendees will include experts and innovative thinkers from a range of disciplines including agricultural and resource economics, sociology, information technology, soil science, agronomy, and policy.
Attend, present, and contribute to the conversations and discussions around the five dimensions of soil security.
Key Dates/Deadlines
Submit an abstract
- Abstract Submission Deadline - April 7, 2015Register now - Save on early registration rates for professionals and student through April 7, 2015
View the Preliminary Program
Learn more about the program and invited speakers, fees (abstracts and registration), housing, and local information at www.soils.org/meetings/global-soil-security
For more information, contact Cristine Morgan at [log in to unmask]
We look forward to seeing you at the Global Soil Security Symposium!
Pre-Symposium Tour
The US Dust Bowl and Soil Security: Addressing Challenges in a Changing Climate
Saturday, May 16, 2015 (8 a.m.) through Monday, May 18, 2015 (5 p.m.)
This three-day, pre-meeting bus tour will begin in Amarillo, TX with a journey through the heart of the 1930's Dust Bowl across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. The second and third day of the tour will traverse a route from the Southern High Plains down through the Rolling Red Plains, Cross Timbers, Grand Prairie, and Blackland Prairie regions of north-central and central Texas, concluding at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.
Overall, the tour will address soil and water resources and agricultural settings across a range of temperature and precipitation regimes, and efforts by agriculture and the government to assure soil security in light of increasing demand upon natural resources and global climate changes.Fee: Double-Occupancy $540 Single Occupancy $690
Tour fee includes bus transportation during the tour, hotel room on May 15, 16 and 17, two dinners and three lunches.100% credit of tour fee should the tour be cancelled due to low enrollment.
Register for Tour Only Interested, but not ready to register?
Thank you to our Co-Sponsors: Soil Science Society of America, The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M Agrilife Research, OECD's Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, International Union of Soil Scientists, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
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