The International Forum on Black Soil Conservation and Utilization was held in the Jilin Province of the People's Republic of China from 21 to 23 July 2021. Organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA) in partnership with the International Network of Black Soils (INBS) of FAO's Global Soil Partnership, among others.

Detener la salinización de los suelos, aumentar su productividad

20 - 22 octubre de 2021 | Formato virtual | Time: 13.00-16.00 CEST 

El Simposio Mundial sobre Suelos Afectados por Salinidad (GSAS21) "Detener la salinización del suelo, aumentar su productividad" se celebrará en formato virtual del 20 al 22 de octubre de 2021.  

Esta reunión científico-normativa está organizada por la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo de la FAO (AMS), el Grupo Técnico Intergubernamental sobre Suelos (GTIS), junto con el Gobierno de la República de Uzbekistán, la Interfaz Ciencia-Política de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas de Lucha contra la Desertificación (CNULD), la Unión Internacional de Ciencias del Suelo (IUSS, por sus siglas en inglés), el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Biosalina (ICBA, por sus siglas en inglés), la Red Internacional de Suelos Afectados por Salinidad (INSAS, por sus siglas en inglés), y el Marco Mundial sobre la Escasez de Agua en la Agricultura (WASAG, por sus siglas en inglés).  

Los principales objetivos del Simposio son compartir conocimientos sobre la prevención, la gestión y la adaptación a la salinidad y establecer conexiones críticas entre la ciencia, la práctica y la política, facilitando el debate entre los responsables políticos, los productores de alimentos, los científicos y los profesionales para la gestión sostenible de los suelos afectados por salinidad.

The registration to the Symposium is open.

The official GSAS21 website in the six FAO official languages is online:

Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish

Please check the agenda

For any enquiries, please contact:  [email protected].

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) offer step-by-step instructions on how to perform laboratory analyses.

SOPs are a critical component in ensuring the replicability, credibility and traceability of data. They are crucial in case of measurement's errors and go hand-in-hand with the execution of internal and external quality control exercises.

Indeed, SOPs help lab staff to carry out routine operations by describing, in detail, how to perform a laboratory process or experiment safely and effectively. SOPs aim to achieve efficiency, quality of output and uniformity of performance, while reducing miscommunication and failure to comply with laboratory and international standards. The harmonization of laboratory standard operating procedures and methods is at the basis of harmonizing soil laboratory data.

29-30 June, 2021

The second meeting of the International Network on Fertilizer Analysis (INFA) was attended by over 200 participants from more than 70 countries and was successful in establishing the governance of the network, and in defining the topics for the working groups. The event was attended by distinguished speakers, who exchanged experiences with the participants.

Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) has launched a series of online trainings on different topics related to soil analysis.

The capacity development programme will start with a cycle of webinars on dry chemistry/ soil spectroscopy. This initiative is part of a wider training programme that will comprise also other subjects such as wet chemistry, health and safety, equipment purchasing, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), and laboratory management. All trainings will be implemented in different languages and time zones, according to the trainer's availability, in order to allow a larger audience to attend the sessions.