Moderator: Mr Luca Montanarella, European Commission

• The industry perspective, progress, and new trends to increase soil fertility in a sustainable way - Mr Amit Rastogi, Coromandel International Limited, India
• Development of better, cleaner technologies for food production - Mr Prem S. Bindraban, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), Ghana
• Rethinking plant nutrition: current biofertilizer technologies and microbiome-based management - Ms Micaela Tosi, University of Guelph, Canada
• Bioestimulants: Opportunities and challenges to increase soil fertility - Mr Antonis Angeletakis, European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC), Yara, United Kingdom
• Soil fertility mapping for guiding fertilizers recommendation - Mr Aniss Bouraqqadi, OCP Group, Morocco

THEME 1: Status and trends of global soil nutrient budget

Moderator: Mr Ghiath Ahmad Alloush, Tishreen University, Syria

• Improving crop resilience through plant microbiome - Ms TIGANI Wendalina, Leiden University, the Netherlands
• Khethi Sudhaar (Improving Soil Health) & NBF (Nutritionally Balanced Farming) practices in India - Mr MUDDULURU Sree Rama Raju, SSCT PVT Limited, India
• Bacterial diversity of the rhizosphere of two priority species from Miombo (Brachystegia boehmii) and Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodlands - Ms ALBERTO MAQUIA Ivete Sandra, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
• Soybean nutrition using Trichoderma spp. and organic acids in the seeding furrow - Ms SCHWAMBACH Josèli, Caxias do Sul University, Brazil
• Novel spent coffee ground-based biofertilizer: effects on crops and bacterial rhizospheric microbiome - Mr D’ALESSANDRO Aldo, University of Camerino, Italy
• A meta-analysis approach to measure the global effect of biofertilizer on soil organic carbon stocks - Ms SINGLA Berta, BETA Technological Centre, UCC-UVIC, Spain
• Efficiency of biological preparations based on nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria for optimizing the plant nutrition - Ms NAIDONOVA Oksana, National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky”, Ukraine
• Ecosystem engineering by termites (Insecta: Isoptera): implications for the restoration of degraded agroecosystems in the context of climate change - Mr AMADOU ISSOUFOU Abdourhimou, University of Diffa, Niger
• Assessing nutrient management strategies in Mediterranean cropping systems under current and climate change scenarios - Ms DI BENE Claudia, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment CREA-AA, Italy

THEME 1: Status and trends of global soil nutrient budget

Moderator: Ms Nyambilila Abdallah Amuri, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

• Biodegradable plastics: effects on functionality and fertility of two different soils - Ms MAZZON Martina, University of Bologna, Italy
• Fertility and quality of soil as affected by external additives: effect of integrated biochar and polymer application - Mr MAMEDOV Amrakh, Tottori University, Japan
• Inorganic fertilizer use in rice fields and its association with yield gap in different growing environments in sub-Saharan Africa - Mr JOHNSON Jean-Martial, Africa Rice Center, Côte d'Ivoire
• Four directions for enhancing plant nutrition management system under arid growing season - Ms HLADKIKH Yevheniia, National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky”, Ukraine
• Dissolved soil organic matter as a fertility indicator in arable soils: how local conditions control its properties and implications for climate change - Mr AL-GRAITI Thulfiqar, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
• More than an organic fertilizer: mealworm frass as a substitute to conventional fertilizer to ensure a sustainable future - Mr BOHUON Emilien, Ÿnsect, France
• Evaluation of polyhalite fertilizer for soybean balanced nutrition using a novel root phenotyping system - Ms IMAS Patricia, ICL, Israel
• Effects of soil amendments on growth and protein generation of paddy grown on acid sulfate soil - Mr ABDULLAH Rosazlin, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
• Supplementary fertilization with magnesium increases both yield and nutritional quality of potato tubers in tropical soils - Mr LACERDA Santiago, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil

THEME 1 - Status and trends of global soil nutrient budget

Moderator: Ms Isabel Luotto, Global Soil Partnership, FAO, Italy

• Global Soil Nutrient and Budget map - GSNmap - Mr ANGELINI Marcos, Global Soil Partnership, FAO, Italy
• Status and balance of nutrients in the agricultural soils of Iran - Mr GHAFFARI NEJAD Seyed Ali, Soil and Water Research Institute, the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Phosphorus stocks in EU agricultural soils: inputs, outputs and fluxes - Mr PANAGOS Panos, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Italy
• The European Space Agency WORLDSOILS Monitoring System - Ms YAGÜE María Julia, GMV Aerospace, Spain
• Towards a global nutrient budget data platform - Mr DOBERMANN Achim, International Fertilizer Association, France
• Spatial analysis of the soil nutrient availability in Agricultural lands of Morocco: trends and challenges - Mr MOUSSADEK Rachid, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Morocco
• Modelling phosphorus soil dynamics and P budgets in European agricultural soils - Ms MUNTWYLER Anna, Joint Research Centre, Italy
• Sustainable soil management for food security and better nutrition; Digital mapping and values of heavy metal quality reference in soils of the North and Northwest Fluminense, RJ - Ms BRUNO RODRIGUES Niriele, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

THEME 3: Impacts of soil nutrient management on the environment and climate change

Moderator: Mr Saeed Saadat, Soil and Water Research Institute, Iran

• Identification of wheat root traits that improve soil structure and optimize nitrogen cycling: the WISH-ROOTS project - Ms HERNANDEZ-SORIANO Maria, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom
• Increasing the efficiency of Ukrainian agriculture in arid conditions - Ms ZAKHAROVA Maryna, National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky”, Ukraine
• Biodegradable PVA/starch/bentonite polymeric blend to improve fertilizer use efficiency - Mr SARKAR Abhijit, ICAR — Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, India
• FERTIMANURE: Upcycling animal manure into improved fertilising products - Ms DIAZ-GUERRA Laura, BETA Technological Center - Universitat de Vic, Spain
• Composting of municipal solid waste a remedy for water pollution and soil fertility decline in Uganda - Mr MUGAMBE Christopher, Makere University, Uganda
• Micronutrient management adaptations to climate change: Extrapolations from findings on copper and zinc chemistry in semi-arid to arid climate of the United States - Mr UDEIGWE Theophilus K., Bioterra, United States of America
• Mixed application of compost and inorganic fertilizers increases maize (Zea mays L.) yields, grain minerals, and nutrient use efficiency and mitigates greenhouse gas emissions in Southwestern Ethiopia - Ms ZERSSA Gebeyanesh Worku, University of Rostock, Germany
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions and dynamics of soil nutrients in coffee crops - Ms PERALTA ZUÑIGA Kathia, Postgraduate College - Campus Montecillo, Mexico
• The effectiveness of Neem materials and biochar as nitrification inhibitors in reducing nitrate leaching in a compost-amended Ferric Luvisol - Mr ABEKA Hammond, CSIR - Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana

THEME 2: Sustainable soil management for food security and better nutrition

Moderator: Mr Sheleme Beyene Jiru, Hawassa University, Ethiopia

• Linking adsorption-desorption characteristics with grain Zn concentrations and uptake by teff, wheat, and maize in different landscape positions in Ethiopia - Mr DESTA Mesfin Kebede, University of Nottingham - Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
• Novel fertilizer strategy to biofortify zinc concentration in wheat grains - Mr SINGH Kuldeep, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
• Soil factors influence the geospatial variation in zinc nutritional quality of maize in Malawi - Mr BOTOMAN Lester, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Malawi
• Where do we need to apply Zn fertilizers in sub-Saharan Africa? - Ms VAN EYNDE Elise, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
• Foliar zinc fertilization in soybean - Ms BUSTOS Ana Natalia, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Argentina
• Biofortification of rice with iron and Zinc using indigenous micronutrient mobilizing beneficial rhizobacteria - Ms VAIYAPURI RAMALINGAM Prabavathy, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
• Can cobalt-ferrite nanoparticles be an alternative fertilizer for the agronomic iron fortification of wheat? - Ms PEREA VÉLEZ Yazmín Stefani, Postgraduate College, Mexico
• Biofortified maize in Zimbabwe: nutritional quality depending on field position and crop management - Mr HAEFELE Stephan, University of Nottingham — Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
• Selenium biofortification of staple maize: a way to combat hidden hunger in Malawi - Ms LIGOWE Ivy Sichinga, Chitedze Agricultural Research Station Soil and Plant Nutrition Section, Malawi

Moderator: Ms Patrizia Fracassi, FAO

• The role of soils on human and animal nutrition - Mr Martin Broadley, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
• Biofortification, an innovative approach to bridge the gap between agriculture and nutrition - Ms Jenny Walton, Harvest Plus, United States of America
• Cost effective practices of sustainable soil management to combat malnutrition in Burkina Faso - Mr Mamoudou Traorè, National Soil Survey Office, Burkina Faso
• Micronutrient fertilization strategies in Bangladesh - Mr Md Kamaruzzaman, Soil Resource Development Institute, Bangladesh
• Dissemination of Sustainable soil management practices in the Soils4Nutrition project - Ms Carolina Olivera, Global Soil Partnership, FAO, Italy
• Closing remarks: underscoring feasibility and scalability of strategies to combat malnutrition

THEME 1: Status and trends of global soil nutrient budget

Moderator: Mr Gaius Eudoxie, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

• Agroforestry as an effective practice for sustainable soil management in olive orchards in Morocco - Ms ZAYANI Inass, University Abdelmalek Essaadi Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Tangier, Morocco
• Role of Integrated Nutrient Management for improving crop yield and enhancing soil fertility under smallholder farmers in degraded soils of Tanzania - Mr KIRIBA Deodatus Stanley, TARI—Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania
• Prospects of sustainable food security in tribal areas with improvement in soil health by adopting practices of summer green gram cultivation - Mr JOSHI Jayesh, VAAGDHARA, India
• Traditional coffee system that improves production and soil fertility - Mr ROMERO FERNANDEZ Abraham de Jesús, Postgraduate College, Mexico
• Major integrated nutrient management strategies for rice-wheat cropping, and their impact on nutrient cycling, use efficiency and climate resilience of the system - Mr BHARDWAJ Ajay, ICAR - Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, India
• Soil fertility improvement under conservation agriculture: effect of fertilization on soil physicochemical properties and wheat yield under both conventional and no-till systems - Ms EL MEKKAOUI Abdelali, INRA — National Institute of Agronomic Research, Morocco
• The effect of different doses of organic and mineral fertilizers on the availability of trace elements in soils through the transformation of their organic matter - Mr SEMENOV Dmytro, National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky”, Ukraine
• Minimum soil disturbance and increased crop residue retention improve N, P, K, and S budgets in rice-based cropping systems - Mr JAHIRUDDIN M., Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
• Accessible and informative field tests for soil health: shade trees in coffee systems sustain life above and belowground - Ms CAMILLONE Nina, the Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

THEME 1: Status and trends of global soil nutrient budget

Moderator: Mr Guillermo A. Studdert, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMP), Argentina

• Bioenergy, Healthy Soil and Nutrition: an exploration of the links for win-win opportunities - Ms MILLER Constance, Food and Agriculture Organisation/Global Bioenergy Partnership, Italy
• Omission plot technique for assessing the nutrient contribution towards productivity of rice-maize cropping system in calcareous soils in eastern India - Mr SINGH Shiveshwar Pratap, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, India
• Combined effect of TRICHODERMA X SILICON X ORGANIC MATTER on the dry matter production of Chenopodium quinoa Willd. cultivated in saline soil in the Semiarid of Pernambuco - Mr SANTOS SILVA Luiz Filipe, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil
• Soil fertility status and oil palm productivity in coastal plains of southwest Cameroon - Mr KOME Georges Kogge, University of Dschang, Cameroon
• Multiscale evaluation of Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) in common bean (Phaseoulus vulgaris) under different inoculation strategies in Cuba - Mr GÓMEZ-JORRÍN Luis, Instituto de Suelos, Cuba
• Changes in nutrients contents (P, K, Mg) in topsoil over the past 30 years in mainland France - Ms CAUBET Manon, INRAE - Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, France
• Effect of agriculture on soil properties associated with soil health and fertility in the Argentinean pampas? - Mr SAINZ ROZAS Hernán René, IPADS Balcarce INTA-CONICET & UNMdP, Argentina
• Soil nutrient management for healthy dry edible beans - Mr MAHARJAN Bijesh, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States of America
• Enhancing seed and mace yield in nutmeg (Myristica Fragrans) through scientific nutrient management - Ms KUMARI Sailaja, Kerala Agricultural University, India

THEME 1: Status and trends of global soil nutrient budget

Moderator: Ms Jeyanny Vijayanathan, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia

• Phosphorus biogeochemistry regulated by carbonates in soil - Ms GENG Yuanyuan, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
• Geochemical analysis of rock waste of a mining exploitation as potential remineralizer of soil fertility - Ms CHIGLINO Leticia, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
• Utilizing Basalt quarry wastes in improving soil fertility and the growth of rubber - Mr MOKHATAR Shafar Jefri, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
• New protocol for phosphorus estimation in organically managed acidic soils, Meghalaya, India - Mr SWAMI Sanjay, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India

THEME 2: Sustainable soil management for food security and better nutrition

Moderator: Ms Jeyanny Vijayanathan, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia

• Soil-based biofortification to alleviate selenium deficiency - An isotopic study to investigate sulphur and selenium competition for ryegrass uptake - Mr JIANG Linxi, the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Evidence of micronutrient fertilizer effect on agronomic fortified tef under different landscape positions in Amhara region - Ms MANZEKE-KANGARA Muneta Grace, University of Nottingham - Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom
• Micronutrient constraints in sodic soils of Israna, Haryana (India) - Ms CHAHAL Seema, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
• Si bioavailability and fate of the applied phytogenic silica in a soil plant system in acidic, neutral and alkaline soils - Ms ANJUM Mohsina, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India

THEME 3: Impacts of soil nutrient management on the environment and climate change

Moderator: Mr Deyi Hou, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China 

• Status of soil pollution with heavy metals and fluorine derived from the application of high doses of phosphate fertilizers - Ms HLADKIKH Yevheniia, National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky”, Ukraine
• Phosphorus fractionation in soil and sediments along a continuum from agricultural fields to lake sediments - Mr PRADHAN Satya Narayana, Banaras Hindu University, India
• Evaluation of the phytotoxic effect, through tests with Lactuca sativa, of soils contaminated with extra heavy crude treated with a biological coupling - Ms RODRÍGUEZ URRUTIA Eliaira Andreina, Dirección de Energía y Ambiente, Fundación Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Venezuela
• Analysis of the source of wheat lead pollution and study on soil solidification and remediation technology - Mr LIU Fuyong, University of Camerino, Italy
• Characteristics of the soil conditions of the southern part of the Odessa region - Ms LIASHENKO Galina, National Scientific Center "Tairov Institut of Viticulture and Winemaking", Ukraine
• Aerial deposition of polyethylene microplastics affects tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) rhizosphere ecology - Mr BOUAICHA Oussama, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
• Spatial differentiation of soil micronutrients in eroded and Pb-contaminated agricultural landscapes in the Donetsk region: availability and potential toxicity - Ms POGROMSKA Yana, State Enterprise “DG “Donetske” National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky” (NSC ISSAR), Ukraine
• Effects of biodegradable and un-biodegradable plastic mulches on soil abiotic characteristics and microbial populations involved in N cycle - Ms SANTINI Giorgia, University of Federico II of Naples, Italy
• Agroecological assessment of radiocesium contamination of seeds and sunflowers on irrigated lands of the Zaporozhye region - Ms ZHYGAILO Olena, Odessa State Environmental University, Ukraine

THEME 4: Governance of soil fertility/soil nutrients

Moderator: Mr Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), India

• Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU - Ms KOENINGER Julia, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy
• Sustainable soil management for food security and better nutrition - Mr BABA Mutala, CSIR - Soil Research Institute, Ghana
• Effect of Government of Ghana fertilizer subsidy policy on major cereals yield - Mr LABOAN Bright Mayinl, CSIR - Soil Research Institute, Ghana
• Soil governance and integrated plant nutrient management for agricultural production & sustainable ecosystem in district Chakwal-Pakistan - Mr EHSAN Muhammad, Soil and Water Testing Laboratory Chakwal, Pakistan
• Sustainable Soil Management technologies upscale through Research-Extension-Farmers-Input Linkage System; Implications for effective policy implementation in Nigeria - Ms ADEJUMO Adeola, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria

OPENING OF THE FOURTH DAY OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Moderator: Mr Ronald Vargas, Global Soil Partnership, FAO

• Fifty years of Integrated Soil Fertility Management: what is next? - Mr Bernard Vanlauwe, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kenya
• The role of microbes to enhance soil fertility - Ms Mariangela Hungria da Cunha, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Brazil
• Models and technological tools to improve fertilizer recommendations - Mr Jorge Delgado, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States of America
• Status and Challenges of Phosphorus Reserves for Agriculture: a matter of quantity and quality - Mr Gerald Steiner, Global Phoshorus Institute (GPI), Austria

KEY FINDINGS AND WAY FORWARD

Moderator: Ms Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, Global Soil Partnership, FAO

• Theme 1 - Status and trends of global soil nutrient budget - Ms SUVANNANG Nopmanee, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
• Theme 2 - Sustainable soil management for food security and better nutrition - Ms CUNHA DOS ANJOS Lúcia Helena, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Theme 3 - Impacts of soil nutrient management on the environment and climate change - Ms MUSCOLO Adele, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
• Theme 4 - Governance of soil fertility/soil nutrients - Mr NDZANA Georges Martial, University of Dschang, Cameroon 

CLOSURE OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Moderator: Ms Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, Global Soil Partnership, FAO

Result of the GSOIL4N poster competition | Announcement of the photo contest’s winners, Ms Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, Global Soil Partnership, FAO

• Conclusions of the Symposium and the way forward - Mr Ronald Vargas, Global Soil Partnership, FAO 
• FAO Closing remarks - Mr Lifeng Li, Director NSL, FAO

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