19 - 23 November 2018, Bhopal, India

"Quality improvement in Asian Soil Laboratories: towards standardization and harmonization of soil analysis and  their interpretation"

19 November 2018

• Item 1. Opening
• Ashok Patra, Director ICAR-IISS
• Tomio Shichiri, FAO Representative for India
• Jamyang, SEALNET Chair, Soil & Plant Analytical Laboratory (SPAL), NSSC, Department of Agriculture, MoAF, Kingdom of Bhutan
• Lucrezia Caon, GSP Secretariat, FAO HQ
• S.K. Chaudhari, Assistant Director General, Natural Resource Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
• Sanjay Srivastava, Principal Scientist, Division of Soil Chem. & Fertil., ICAR-IISS
• Item 2. Endorsement of the agenda and review of the work performed since the first SEALNET meeting - Lucrezia Caon
• Item 3. Indian Government Soil Health Card Sceme: Protocols for sampling and analysis; interpretation of results and farmers’field level impact 
• Government soil health card scheme - S. K. Chaudhari
• Soil parameters, analysis protocols, interpretation, and fertilizer recommendations - Sanjay Srivastava, ICAR-IISS
• Potassium in soil and plant: analytical and management issues - T Satyanarayana, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI)
• Infrared Spectroscopy and its potential for estimation of soil properties - K M Hati, ICAR-IISS
• Experience sharing: Discussion and reflection by foreign delegates on convergence and divergence on soil testing procedures

20 November 2018

• Item 4. Countries’ presentation on internal quality control 
  
• Bangladesh | Begom Samia Sultana, Central Laboratory, Soil Resource Development Institute
• Bhutan | Jamyang, Soil Plant Analytical Laboratory
• Cambodia | Sun Sarak, National Agriculture Laboratory
• China 1 | Liping Yang China National Center for Quality Supervision and Test of Chemical Fertilizers
• China 2 | Wang Hong, China National Center for Quality Supervision and Test of Chemical Fertilizers
• India | Ashok Kumar Patra, ICAR – Indian Institute of Soil Science
• Indonesia | Lenita Herawaty and  Linca Anggria, Laboratorium Pengujian, Balittanah, Soil Test Laboratory, Indonesian Soil Research Institute
• Japan | Yasuhito Shirato, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan and Yuji Maejima, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
• Lao PDR | Xaysatith Souliyavongsa, Soil Analysis Unit, Department of Agricultural Land Management
• Malaysia | Muhammad Izzat Bin Ilmin, Lab Division, Department of Agriculture
• Mongolia | Bazarradnaa Enkhtuya, Soil, agro-chemistry laboratory of Institute of Plant and Agricultural Sciences
• Myanmar | Su Su Win, Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Research
• Nepal | Janardan Khadka, Soil Management Directorate
• Philippines | Gina P. Nilo, Bureau of Soils and Water Management Laboratory Services Division
• Sri Lanka | N. R. N. Silva, Horticultural Research and Development Centre
• Thailand | Chanida  Charanworapan, Office of Science for Land Development, Land Development Department
• Vietnam | Phai Đỗ Duy, Central Analytical Laboratory - Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute
• Item 5. Evaluation of the ring test results - Christian Hartmann, IRD, and Nopmanee Suvannang, LDD
• Item 6. Interpretation of data results - Christian Hartmann, IRD, and Nopmanee Suvannang, LDD

21 November 2018

• Item 7. Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) – Group discussion
• Item 8. Decision on the SOPs to develop in 2018-2019 – Group discussion

22 November 2018

• Field trip

23 November 2018

• Item 9. Guidelines for implementing and maintaining good laboratory practices and quality management in soil laboratories – Group discussion
• Item 10. Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) – Group discussion