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Sustainable agricultural solutions to meet food demands
The media coverage on soil is getting stronger and stronger at global level, and the Guardian, together with other top tier newspapers in the world, covers the topic of soil at relevant time.
The Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (GSER19) will be a high level science-policy meeting, held from 15 – 17 May 2019, at FAO HQ in Rome, Italy. This Symposium is jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Science-Policy Interface (UNCCD-SPI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The inception workshop of the project “TCP/BHU/3703: strengthening Soil Laboratory facilities and performance to support evidence based decision making” was held on 15th January 2019 at the headquarters of the National Soil Services Centre in Thimpu, Bhutan. This project is funded by FAO through the Technical Cooperation Programme.
The 14th Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention on Biodiversity took place in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt on 17-29th November 2018.
On this year’s World Soil Day, Wednesday 5 December 2018, the Kingdom of Thailand launched the Centre of Excellence for Soil Research in Asia (CESRA). The establishment of the research center, located in Nakhton Ratchasima’s Pak Chong district, is part of the regional implementation plan of the Asian Soil Partnership (ASP) endorsed by ASP member countries in December 2016. Its mission is to support the execution of the Asian Soil Partnership implementation plan with focus on regional soil research priorities.