Society (ASSS)

The Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 following a meeting of scientists who attended the World congress in Hamburg (Germany). ASSS has successfully organized four International Conferences : Kampala (Uganda, 1988), Cairo (Egypt, 1990), Ibadan (Nigeria, 1994) and most recently Accra (Ghana ...

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Build expertise in the field of , regenerative agriculture principles and sustainable agriculture to facilitate the development of carbon projects; Maintain robust relationships with farmers and technical experts in the key countries; Advise clients on agricultural decarbonisation strategies; Specific Requirements

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Early and the birth and development of …

was not a distinct scientific field but many of the phenomena that occur in the such as the supply of plant nutrients and changes in over time were being investigated. Some new scientific methods were being applied to the study of soils and 's scientists were also rediscovering earlier works by the Greeks and Romans.

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Undergraduate Programmes in

as storage medium for plant water; atmospheric energy balance: evaporation, transpiration and plant water requirements; water uptake and water loss in the -plant-atmosphere continuum; hydrological cycle and water resources in South ; methods of irrigation and irrigation scheduling; irrigation with saline water and salt balance in the ; irrigation backflow; elimination ...

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‘s engineers: Termites |

's indigenous people have long recognized that the in termite mounds is richer than normal and good for crops. Harvester termites, such as the fungus farmers that live at Mpala, spend their days retrieving vegetation to fertilize “gardens” of microbes and fungus, which concentrate nitrogen, phosphorus, and organic matter.

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. Type of Academic Programme Doctoral. Duration in Semesters 8. Objectives To train and equip highly motivated students, who possess leadership and innovative extension delivery attributes, with the requisite knowledge and skills in so that upon graduation they can become employable in universities, research institutions, relevant government agencies, industries ...

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in South – ACSESS

seems to be set to take its rightful place as an environ-mental , while at the same time keeping its focus on agriculture. On a more personal note, I fi nd redox-imorphic features in soils particularly interesting, and my research tends to focus thereon. The results of my research fi nd application primarily in wetland ...

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Agriculture Extension (Hons) Natural and Agricultural Sciences. . University of Kwazulu Natal. Crop Production Systems - and Water Management. Stellenbosch University. Crop Production Systems - Crop Production. Stellenbosch University. Crop Production Systems - Crop Protection and Breeding.

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Managing the Soils of Sub-Saharan |

Irrigation, animal traction or draft animals, and the use of chemical fertilizers are also important. Much of the agrarian stagnation is caused by neglect and misuse of the most basic of all resources, the . In fact, the root cause of the perpetual famine can be traced to the misuse of and water resources and issues related ...

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Review and meta-analysis …

In: Proceedings of the 19th world congress of , solutions for a changing world. 1–6 Aug, Brisbane, Australia. Du Preez CC, Van Huyssteen CW, Mnkeni PNS (2011a) Land use and organic matter in South 1: a review on spatial variability and the influence of rangeland stock production. S Afr J Sci 107(5, 6):27–34

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SSSSA – S

The Society of South (SSSSA) is a scientific society that promotes the advancement of and technology, as well as the responsible practice thereof. The society provide a platform for scientists in South , where research-based publication, resources and information are shared.

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Current Status of Applied Geochemistry Research in Southern …

Activities of the GEMAS and URGE Project Teams for 2013-14 include publication of (ι) a Atlas on the geochemistry of agricultural and grazing land , reporting data elaboration and geochemical maps for 68 determinands, covering almost the entire territory until the Urals, and (ιι) case studies on urban geochemical ...

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A holistic perspective on architecture is needed as a …

A strong consensus exists among , environmental and agricultural communities about the importance of structure and its role in functioning. Soils are widely recognized as highly heterogeneous three-dimensional porous systems (Six, Bossuyt, Degryze, & Denef, 2004 ), where pores define the boundaries among solid components.

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Do we speak one language on the way to sustainable …

vey, conducted within the - community of and other important -related stakeholders. It is based on a large body of -derived definitions of terminology related to functions, ecosystem ser-vices (SESs) and threats (STs). Survey participants rated their agreement with each definition and the suit-

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Data Centre 2.0: data and knowledge in …

and the Climate Law, which include actions for sustainable management. In December 2020, the EC launched the Observatory (EUSO) to better support EU environmental, agricultural, and climate policies, and to be the long-term central scientific and technical point of reference in the EC concerning all matters. One ...

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Degradation Assessment , A Review of Status …

As formation is an extremely slow process, can be considered a non-renewable resource. Soils should thus be adequately protected and conserved to ensure that functions are not lost or diminished. functions are, however, threatened by a wide range of processes. ’s resources may continue to degrade due to changes in climate, land use and other human activities ...

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Change in active microbial community structure, abundance and …

Biochar amendment of is known to enhance carbon sequestration and fertility. Its effect on microbial activity and functioning, however, is not well understood, particularly in field conditions. We collected topsoil samples from plots in a rice paddy in southwest China either amended with biochar for 18 months or not amended.

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Potential and limits of land and for sustainable …

Many authors already showed that LUCAS survey is a useful database for digital mapping techniques: erodibility map (Panagos et al., 2014, Panagos et al., 2015), creation of maps for the topsoil organic carbon content of (de Brogniez et al., 2015) or a map of topsoil physical properties (Ballabio et al., 2016).

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The potential for non-equilibrium water flow and solute transport at any site depends on the nature of the macropore network, which is determined by the factors of structure formation and degradation, including the abundance and activity of biota such as earthworms, properties (e.g. clay content), site factors (e.g. slope position ...

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