Events
COP 28: Promoting the declaration of 2028 as “Year of Saline Agriculture”: Climate resilient agriculture for sustainable Production Systems and healthy ecosystems in salt-affected areas
10/12/2023 18:00 - 10/12/2023 19:00 EDT
Virtual
The technical session will bring together professionals and experts representing governments and prominent international organizations, which will showcase the benefits of saline agriculture and its potential for adaptation to climate change. It is expected that a lot of participants will attend the session, both in-person and virtually. This emphasizes the...
Webinar on Farmers Guidelines on Soil and Water Management in Salt-Affected Areas
22/11/2023 13:00 - 22/11/2023 14:30 CET
Virtual
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The threats posed by salt-affected soils to global food security are increasing with climate change. According to the recent global salt-affected soils map, over 424 million hectares of topsoil (0-30 cm) and 833 million hectares of subsoil (30-100 cm) are currently salt-affected. The Saline Agriculture Working Group of the...
Webinar on nature-based and unconventional water management solutions for agriculture
08/11/2023 10:00 - 08/11/2023 11:30 EDT
Virtual
Online United States of America
Join the United States Department of Agriculture’s International Climate Hub on November 8 from 10-11:30AM EDT for a webinar on nature-based and unconventional water management solutions for agriculture.
Moderated by Dr. Peter McCornick of the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute and in collaboration with the FAO Global Framework on Water...
WASAG WEBINAR - Compendium of drought resilient and nutritious crops under AWSAMe initiative
18/07/2023 15:00 - 18/07/2023 16:30
Virtual
Water crisis is among the top five crises that will have the largest impact in the next decade. Exacerbated by climate change, growing scarcity and competition for water stand as major threats to future advances in food security, nutrition and poverty alleviation, with further impacts on the environment and human...
WASAG Talk: Engaging Stakeholders around Efficient and Profitable Crop Production
11/07/2023 11:30 - 11/07/2023 12:00 CET
Virtual and In presence
Background
The Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS, taps.unl.edu) program (co-developed by Daran Rudnick, a faculty fellow of the Daugherty Water for Food Institute(DWFI, https://waterforfood.nebraska.edu/) and co-leader of the Water and Integrated Cropping Systems (WICS) Hub within the University of Nebraska Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources) has been adopted...