The WSD ceremony will be held virtually on 3 December with the participation of Dr Qu Dongyu – FAO Director-General and thousands of soil enthusiasts. Artistic performances and keynotes will animate the ceremony. The winners of the Glinka World Soil Prize and King Bhumibol WSD award will also be announced. An interactive quiz will put your knowledge of salt-affected soils to the test. Register here | Download the draft agenda This […]
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SOILdarity Workshop – How soil science contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
What can soil science do to contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Well, lots of things. The achievement of SDGs heavily depends on ecosystem services and many of these results from key soil functions. The research team holds a workshop on soil science and SDGs on 28 October 2021 (in English) 9:30 – […]
Using treated wastewater as fertilizer: The first SOILdarity training course
The first SOILdarity training course is getting started! Phosphorous (P), a non-renewable resource, has been applied extensively in farm fields and orchards to increase crop yield, yet consequently has increased the potential of waterway eutrophication. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop an innovative method of P capturing, recycling and reuse that will sustain […]
Online Workshop on Women Empowerment, Gender Equality and RRI – Registration Open
The current COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the critical role that science and women’s empowerment play for driving progress forward across the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Against this background, SOILdarity supports the need to better leverage the skills of women in science. The research team holds a workshop on women empowerment, gender equality, responsible research & innovation on […]
Water management, plant-soil interactions, alternative fertilizers – SOILdarity training programme
SOILdarity has been launching its first training programme! The programme is made up of two specilised courses: The multi-module course on the “optimisation of the use of treated waste waters as a source for alternative fertilisers”, and The multi-module course on “soil ecology in dry ecosystems”. The courses will be held in Lisbon and will […]
PhD and Postdoc positions available. Apply now!
Are you looking for exciting career opportunities in precision agriculture? 2 PhD scholarships and 1 postdoc position are available in the Precision Soil and Crop Engineering (Precision Scoring) group at the University of Ghent. Postdoc position Smart farming PhD positions Measurement and Simulation of Fusarium Head Blight Induced Mycotoxin Contamination in Cereal Crops Implementation of […]