INSAS Webinars | « Salinity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts and Initiatives» | 25 March 2024
We are pleased to invite you to the webinar “Salinity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts and Initiatives”. During this online event involving researchers, practitioners and stakeholders from the region, we will focus on the challenges and solutions for soil and groundwater salinity as well as crop production issues related to soil salinity in sub-Saharan Africa. The participants will discuss the state of art on the problem of salinisation and its impact on hot-spots in the region, as well as transnational initiatives addressing the challenge of salinisation and recommendations for policy makers and practitioners.
The webinar will take place online on Monday 25 March 2024, 16:00 – 17:30 (Central European Time).
The webinar is the third in a series of webinars organized by the International Network of Salt-Affected Soils of the Global Soil Partnership, an initiative which is aimed at raising awareness on sustainable management of salt-affected soils for food security, agricultural sustainability and climate change mitigation.
Agenda
- 16:00-16:10 Introduction - Jorge Batlle-Sales, Chair, International Network of Salt-Affected Soils
- 16:10-16:25 Presentation on salinity in sub-Saharan African countries - Janina Smaoui, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- 16:25-16:35 Presentation of the Saline Agriculture Map expansion to sub-Saharan Africa - Martijn van Staveren, Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP)
- 16:35-16:45 Presentation of the INSAS survey for the African region - Mary Idowu, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
- 16:45-17:25 Round table with several experts moderated by Kate Negacz, International Network of Salt-Affected Soils; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Ella Lammers, Netherlands Enterprise Agency
- Mary Idowu - Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
- Daniel Isdory - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
- Jakob Herrmann - Weltweit NGO, Mozambique
- Jean Sene - Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal
- 17:25-17:30 Concluding remarks - Pier Vellinga, Senior Professor of Water and Climate
Registration link:
https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AZ672D1KTXKjRIOek6zFpA