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.

防止土壤盐渍化，提高土壤生产力

2021 年 10 月 20-22 日 | 虚拟形式  | Time: 13.00-16.00 CEST 

鉴于新冠肺炎大流行，全球盐渍土壤研讨会（GSAS21）"防止土壤盐渍化，提高土壤生产力"将于2021年10月20日至22日以虚拟形式举行。

本次科学政策会议由粮农组织全球土壤伙伴关系（GSP）、政府间土壤技术专家组（ITPS）与乌兹别克斯坦共和国政府、《联合国防治荒漠化公约》科学政策对接（SPI-UNCCD）、国际土壤科学联盟（IUSS）、国际生物碱农业中心（ICBA）、国际盐渍土壤网络（INSAS）和全球农业水资源短缺框架（WASAG）共同举办。

为了填补这一空白，并在科学、政策和农民之间建立更紧密的联系，GSAS21将为广大科学家和从业人员提供机会，通过提交三个主题的论文（见下文）和说明盐渍土壤恢复和可持续利用的良好做法，来参与研讨会并发挥积极作用。

专题讨论会的注册工作即将开始。粮农组织六种官方语言的GSAS21官方网站正在筹备中，不久将投入使用。

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.