April 8, 2011 - World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

applicability for advisors and farmers. If you have not already made arrangements please can anyone wanting toattend register as soon as possible by following the link on the website. The website is easy to use andcomprehensive, taking delegates step-by-step through arrangements, payment of the 200 Euro registration feefor the 2-day meeting and clearly setting out options for accommodation. If there are any difficulties then asapcontact bruce.ball@sac.ac.uk or lars.munkholm@agrsci.dk or 2033@tombatey.f2s.com The registration fee forthe KT day is 75 Euro. (From ISTRO INFO March 2011)May 18, 2011Applications of Visual Soil Evaluation’ is a Knowledge Transfer Day for advisors, farmers and policy-makerson 18 th May 2011, Denmark. This meeting will focus on hands-on demonstrations of one or two methods ofevaluation of soil structural quality to allow people without much experience in soil science to identifyconditions where loosening or other soil improvement are required. Guidance will be given on how to chooserelevant sampling locations. Combining soil quality assessments with vegetation and crop conditions to estimatecrop performance and environmental conditions such as potential greenhouse gas emissions and potential carbonsequestration will also feature. This KT meeting follows on from a workshop of visual structurepractitioners on 16 and 17 May 2011. Both meetings are organized from the ISTRO Working Group F and willbe held at Research Centre, Flakkebjerg, Denmark. Some places may also be available for the main workshop.For further details please see the homepage for the seminar with information on the meetings and, possibility at alater date, for online registration and payment (both for the workshop and the KT day) atwww.agrsci.au.dk/VSEE (From IUSS Alert 69)May 19-21, 2011Please find below the homepage of an international conference on: "Climate Change, Agri-Food, Fisheriesand Ecosystems: Reinventing Research, Innovation, and Policy Agendas for Environmentally- andSocially-Balanced Growth", May 19-21, 2011, Agadir. This Conference is jointly organized by:• The North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS), Morocco and• The German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), GermanyIn Collaboration with:• The Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco• The Institute for Research and Development (IRD) , France• Compassion in World Farming, EnglandConference homepage: http://nrcs.webnode.com/scientific-events/iccaffe2011/english-version/-------------------------------------------------------Veuillez trouver ci-après le site web du Congrès international sur "Le Changement climatique, Agriculture,Alimentation, Pêche et Écosystèmes: Réinventer la recherche, l'innovation et la politique pour unecroissance écologiquement et socialement équilibrée", mai 19-21, 2011, Agadir (Maroc). Ce Congrès estconjointement organisé par:• Le Centre Nord-Sud de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (NRCS), et• La Coopération Technique Allemande (GTZ), Allemagneen collaboration avec:• La Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Juridiques et Sociales, Université Ibn Zohr d'Agadir• L'Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France• Compassion in World Farming, UKSite web du Congrès: http://nrcs.webnode.com/scientific-events/iccaffe2011/english-version/Thank you in advance for sharing this informationMerci d'avance pour la diffusion de l'information--Dr. Mohamed BEHNASSIProf. of Global Sustainability Politics, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir (Morocco)Director of the North-South Centre for Social Sciences (NRCS)----------------Mobile: (+212) 668 466 447 behnassi@gmail.com, http://nrcs.webnode.com/May 25-26, 2011Meeting of Working Group K – Controlled Traffic Farming 25-26 May 2011Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Weihenstephan, GermanyCONTROLLED TRAFFIC FARMING AND STRIP TILLAGE – combining precision farming technology with fieldtraffic and tillage strategies.48