CIGR Newsletter No 63
O T H E R A C T I V I T I E S
International ISHS Symposium on
"Managing Greenhouse Crops in Saline Environment"
The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), the Commission of Protected Cultivation, and the University of Pisa will hold this symposium in Pisa, Italy, from 9 to 12 July 2003.
In many regions protected horticultural crops have to cope with increasing salinisation of irrigation water. High salinity of the supply water has detrimental effects on soil fertility and reduces crop growth and yield. Nevertheless, moderate salt concentration in the root zone may improve the quality of horticultural products; in some areas, salinity is not a constraint, but has become a tool to increase the economic profitability of some horticultural crops.
The symposium aims to foster the exchange of scientific and technological information regarding the management of greenhouse crops in regions affected by salinity of soil and/or irrigation water. This knowledge is essential to develop proper cropping techniques and effective marketing strategies to run sustainable greenhouse horticulture in the presence of irrigation water of poor quality. In particular, the following themes will be addressed:
· Crop ecophysiology
· Water and nutrient management
· Soilless culture
· Climate control
· Water treatment technology
· Environmental implications
· Economics
The symposium will consist of a plenary lecture, invited papers, oral and poster presentations, a technical visit, and social events. The official language will be English. Presented papers will be published in Acta Horticulturae before the beginning of the Symposium.
For further information, contact the conference Secretariat: Prof. Alberto Pardossi - ISHS Symposium, Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie, Viale delle Piagge, 23 I-56124 Pisa, Italy; Tel. +39 (0)50 945500; Fax: -524; E-mail: ISHS.Pisa2003@agr.unipi.it
3rd Research and Development Conference of Central and Eastern European Institutes of Agricultural Engineering CEE AgEng
This conference will be held on 11 and 12 September 2003 in Gödöllö, Hungary. Organized by the Hungarian Institute of Agricultural Engineering (FVMMI), it will be the third biennial conference of the CEE AgEng series which was initiated in 1999 by ATB Potsdam-Bornim and continued in 2001 in Prague by VÚZT.
The topics of the conference will be dealt with under two main headings:
I. General
· Foodstuff safety, production and product quality management in future-oriented agriculture
· Tendencies of economic effectiveness of research and development of agricultural mechanization (2004 - 2020)
· The presence of capital/funds and their influence on research and development
II. Success Stories
· Product-oriented, practice-realized development of mechanization in horticulture
· Use of agricultural equipment under extreme climatic deviation from the norm
· Alternative energies in rural areas
· Experiences following the introduction of compulsory regular inspection of sprayers
· Economic effectiveness of ecological investments (IPCC, EU nitrate-directive)
The conference languages will be English, Russian, and Hungarian. Simultaneous translation will be available.
For further information, consult http://www.fvmmi.hu/ or contact: FVM Müszaki Intézet (FVMMI), P.O. Box 403, H-2101 Gödöllö, Hungary. T.: +36 28 511 610 F.: 36 28 511 600. E-mail: mgi@fvmmi.hu
Conference postponed to 2004:
2003 Annual Meeting of China-Japan Core University Program and 2003-SSAPP (Beijing International Conference on Food Security)
Due to the epidemic situation in Beijing, the Organizing Committee decided that the 2003 Annual Meeting of the China-Japan Core University Program and 2003-SSAPP originally planned for July 13 to 15. 2003, will be postponed to the year 2004. A precise date has not been announced yet.
II World Congress on Conservation Agriculture
This congress will be held from 11 to 15 August 2003 at Iguassu Falls, in the state of Parana, Brazil. The organisers expect the participation of representatives of many national and international sectors for an ample discussion on the state of the art in research and development in the field of conservation agriculture. They hope to bring together about 1200 researchers, technicians, professors, farmers, students, environmentalists and other people interested to exchange experiences on Conservation Agriculture - their benefits and perspectives for the sustainable development in different countries.
The congress, whose official languages are Portuguese and English (with simultaneous translation), should provide an opportunity to discuss aspects related to conservation agriculture on a broader scale and also the tendencies for the next years, to promote debates, scientific presentations and exchange of practical experiences about world advances in Conservation Agriculture, and to enhance the 'no-tillage system' as an efficient conservation agriculture mode.
The program will address technical questions, environmental benefits, and the political and economical outcomes related to the subject.
I. Socio-economic and Policy Perspectives
· Economic aspects of conservation agriculture – a global review of the profitability, risks and dynamics from the farmers perspectives
· Conservation agriculture as a tool to promote the sustainable development: political aspects
· Lessons from the ever-increasing adoption of 'no-tillage' in Latin America
· Political and socio-economic aspects of agriculture conversion models
· Key elements to promote no-tillage among small farmers.
· CO2 mitigation, environmental exchanges and conservation agriculture - policies and perspectives at global level
· Green label certification for no-tillage
· The role of commercial companies on promoting conservation agriculture
· The role of international cooperation networks to promote conservation agriculture
· Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg and after – natural resources policies and management towards sustainable future
II. Environmental Impacts
· Environmental impacts of conservation agriculture on soil, water and air quality
· Potential of forestry and agro-forestry for natural resources preservation
· Increasing soil biodiversity through Conservation Agriculture
· The role of biodiversity corridors on ecosystems
· Environmental and socio-economic impacts of no-tillage on Brazilian Savannah
· Forestry bordering rivers as a strategy for water preservation and its use at the farm level
· No-tillage and soil management at watershed level
III. Technology Innovations
· Strategies for minimum soil disturbance on no-tillage
· Soil compaction in long-term no-tillage
· No-tillage to prevent desertification
· Integrated pests management in no-tillage
· No-till equipment availability and adaptations for tractor, animal and hand drawn
· Alternatives for weed control without herbicides
· Soil moisture retention in dry lands with no-tillage
· Crop rotation and cover crop on no-tillage
· Conservation Agriculture with and without agrochemicals use
· Experiences with crop-livestock integration under no-tillage
· Conservation Agriculture adapted to specific conditions: flooded, steep slopes and semi-arid regions
IV. Experience Reports
· No-tillage at small farms
· Alternative cover crops for Savannah regions
· Tomatoes and onion production under no-tillage in Santa Catarina State, Brazil.
· Farmer organisations for conservation agriculture in Africa
· Impacts and challenges for conservation agriculture adoption in Africa
· The Land Friends Club experiences in Brazil
· No-tillage on rice-forage cropping systems by small farmers in Southeast Asia
· How are SAAG and farmers promoting Conservation Agriculture in Pakistan?
· A Brazilian model for no-tillage cotton production adapted to Southwest USA
· Conservation agriculture experiences in Chile
· Brazilian experiences with organic soybeans production
IV. Field tour
For further information consult the internet at http://www.febrapdp.org.br/event.htm
3rd Asia-Pacific Drying Conference / ADC '03
ADC'03 will be held from 1 to 3 September 2003, in Bangkok, Thailand. It will be organised and hosted by the Processing Technology Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. It will focus on exploring new frontiers in drying technology through innovation in processes and equipment, product quality enhancement, energy-efficient and environmental-friendly operations. In particular, the topics of the conference will be:
· Drying theory and modelling
· Industrial drying and control of dryer
· Conventional drying processes
· Alternative drying technologies
· Drying of food and bio-products
· Drying of non-food products
· Product quality enhancement
· Innovation in drying technology
· Research and development needs
· Energy efficiency and environment aspects
Original contributions, process applications, case histories, state-of-the-art papers and commercial information on these topics are invited by the organisers.
The registration fee is US$ 350, US$ 100 for students, and US$ 150 for accompanying persons. Registration forms and updated information are available at http://www.serd.ait.ac.th/adc.htm or from the organisers: Correspondence Address: Khun Tasana Sa-id, ADC 2003 Secretariat, Processing Technology Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Asian Institute of Technology, PO Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand; Phone: (66-2) 524 5488 Fax: (66-2) 524 6200 E-mail: phfpe@ait.ac.th
"Water Use Conflicts in the Euromediterranean Region"
AFEID, the French National Committee of ICID, organises the 54th Executive Council of ICID and the 20th European Regional Conference in Montpellier, France from 14 to 19 September 2003. The two main themes of the Conference, the "origin of water use conflicts" and "methods of conflict resolution" will cover the following subjects:
· The role of agro-business and consumer demand
· Demographic growth and urban uses
· Environmental awareness
· Conflict perception and the role of the media
· The role of basin / aquifer organisations
· The role of service providers and economic instruments, with due consideration of poverty alleviation
Further information is available on the internet at http://afeid.montpellier.cemagref.fr/conf2003.htm , or from Dr. Alain Vidal, BP 5035, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 1, France; Tel: +33 (0)4 6761 4495 Fax: +33 (0)4 6761 5693 E-mail: alain.vidal@cirad.fr
International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage: Cuba-Irrigation 2003
Sponsored by the Irrigation and Drainage Research Institute (IDRI), this congress will be held at the Conference Palace in Havana, Cuba, from 20 to 24 October 2003. Outstanding scientists, specialists, technicians and growers from all over the world will gather to exchange, discuss, and debate the most remarkable advances of the last years.
The Topics of the conference, which will be held in English and Spanish, fall into three main areas:
I. Irrigation and Drainage Technologies
· Water needs of crops
· Water physical of irrigation water
· Agroeconomical surveys
· Pressurised irrigation
· Surface irrigation
· Agricultural drainage
· Pumping stations
· Chemigation
· Mathematical modelling and simulation
· Technologies for intensive production on cover crops
II. Modernising & Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage System
· Equipment for maintenance of irrigation and drainage systems
· Use of laser technology
· Management and organisation system for irrigation
· Automation
· Application of precision agriculture techniques
· Informatics
III. Environmental and Social Impact of Irrigation and Drainage
· Water quality for irrigation
· Treatment and re-use of irrigation water
· Improvement of saline soil
· Soil management
· Alternative sources of energy
· Climatic changes
· Knowledge management
· Training program for professional and technical development
These topics will be discussed in lecture, panel, and round table sessions. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words including title, author(s), institution, country, telephone, and e-mail. Full papers not exceeding 15 pages should adhere to the following structure: Introduction, Objectives, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusions and Bibliographical References. The audio-visual means required for the presentation of papers, should be asked to the Scientific Committee before the date limit.
Deadlines:
Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2003
Full Paper: 15 August 2003
Registration Fees are $ 250 USD (accompanying person 60 US$) and include the scientific program and a CD-ROM with the papers presented. Accommodation is available at different hotels with prices ranging from 45 US$ (single) to 115 US$ (double) per day.
For further information please check www.loseventos.cu/Eventos/datosevents.asp?cod=10891, contact Dr. A. Reinaldo Rey García, President of the Organising Committee, P.O.B: 6090, Havana, Cuba. Tel: (537) 911038 Fax: (537) 917595 e-mail: iird@ceniai.inf.cu or MSc. Octavio Pérez Marrero, Professional Organiser of Events, P.O.B: 16046, Havana , Cuba. Telef. (537) 208 7541/ 202 6011-19 Fax: (537) 208 7996/ 208 347/ 202 8382 e-mail: octavio@palco.cu; www.complejopalco.com
2nd International Symposium on Intelligent Information Technology in Agriculture
Sponsored by the Expert Group for Computer Software and Hardware of National Hi-Tech R&D Program of China and the National Engineering Research Centre for Information Technology in agriculture, ISIITA 2003 will be held in Beijing, China, from 29 October to 1 November 2003 in the Beijing Friendship Hotel. The First International Symposium on Intelligent Information Technology in Agriculture (ISIITA) was held in Beijing with the support of Ministry of Science and Technology of China in December 2000. More than 100 scientists from 18 countries, including USA, Russia, Canada, England, Japan, Holland, France, Italy, Greece, attended the meeting.
The ISIITA is to provide a forum for scientists and engineers to master new progress, and explore future directions in research and application of a variety of information technologies in agriculture. The major subjects will include research and application of agricultural expert systems, agricultural decision support systems, artificial intelligence in agriculture, GPS, GIS and RS in agriculture, software and hardware development, virtual reality technologies in agriculture, intelligent monitor and control of agriculture environment, establishment of information service networks in rural area and practices in reducing digital divide, status and developmental strategies of information technologies in agriculture, and other topics related to intelligent information technology in agriculture.
With the aims of strengthening the Application of information Technology in Agriculture and of Reducing the Digital Divide, the following topics are suggested for discussion:
· Research and application of agricultural expert systems
· Research and application of agricultural decision support systems
· Applications of artificial intelligence in agriculture
· Software and hardware development
· Applications of virtual reality technologies in agriculture
· Intelligent monitor and control of agriculture environment
· Applications of GPS/GIS/RS in agriculture
· Establishment of information service networks in rural area and practices in reducing the digital divide
· Status and developmental strategies related to IT in agriculture
· Other topics related to intelligent information technology in agriculture
A number of plenary invited talks will highlight areas of current interest. Contributed papers, selected by the Program Committee will be presented either in oral or poster sessions. All contributions, oral and poster, should be presented in English. Authors are invited to submit one A4-page abstract (Title, Author's Names, principal author/presenter capitalised, Author's Affiliation) plus one optional page with up to 4 figures allowing for a one-inch margin all round the page. All abstracts should be sent to Prof. Chunjiang Zhao (sunzg@nercita.org.cn nercita@public2.bta.net.cn) with an attached electronic document. For other methods of submission, one original and 8 copies of the abstract are to be sent to: Chunjiang Zhao Zhigui Sun; Program Committee of ISIITA; National Engineering Research Centre for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences; Address: P.O.Box 2449#26, Beijing 100089, China; Tel: +86-10-88443457; Fax:+86-10-88436741.
Participants wishing to participate in this conference are kindly requested to fill out the registration form available on the conference web page and send it to the Conference Secretariat by July 15, 2003. Registration fees are US$ 300 (US $350 after 15 July 2003), with a fifty percent remission for students (excluding post-PhD. D. fellows).
Deadlines:
Detailed paper abstracts: 15 July 2003
Paper acceptance: 15 August 2003
Complete paper submission: 1 October 2003
Early registration: 1 September 2003
For more information, a detailed programme, and registration forms, please consult the conference web page at http://www.conference.ac.cn/isiait.html or contact Ms. Cuiling LAN; ISIAIT Secretariat; Centre for International Scientific Exchanges, CAS; 52 Sanlihe Rd., Beijing 100864, China; Tel: +86 10 68597750 or 68597751, Fax: +86-10-68597748; email:cllan@cashq.ac.cn
7th International Symposium Technology Application in Horticulture & Viticulture
Jointly organised by ATW and DWV and subtitled "Quality Management in Horticulture & Viticulture", this symposium will be held from 9 to 11 May 2004 in Stuttgart, Germany, as part of the international technology trade fair for wine, fruit and fruit juice "Intervitis Interfructa". The conference languages will be German, English and French (simultaneous translation provided).
Scientists and experts are invited to submit their propositions for papers (15 minutes talk + 5 minutes discussion) on the following suggested topics:
I. Technology & Physiology
· Canopy systems & yield regulation
· Soil water management
· Soil management systems
· Harvest technology
II. Plant Protection
· Target-oriented application technology
· Dosage- and guidance-technology
· Environmental sustainability concepts
II. "Precision Systems" in grape and fruit production
· Holistic concepts
· Data bases & mapping systems (i.e. GIS, GPS)
· Data management in companies and joint-ventures
· Mechatronic systems
Abstracts (in German, English or French) should not exceed 300 words. Please also provide the following information when submitting the abstract: Title, First name, surname; Company / institution / organisation; Address with phone and fax number; E-mail address. Speakers will be exempt from paying the conference fees.
Dates and deadlines:
Notification of Acceptance September 2003
Full Paper submission 1 February 2004
For further information: Dipl. Ing. Catharina Ries, Deutscher Weinbauverband, Heussallee 26, D-53113 Bonn, Germany. E-mail: cries@dwv-online.de Tel: +49 (0)228 94932515, Fax: +49 (0)228 94932523
2nd World Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection
The 2nd World Conference and Exhibition on Biomass will be held in Rome, Italy, from 10 to 14 May 2004 as a joint global event of the 13th European Conference on Biomass and the Biomass Conference of the Americas.
Papers are invited for the following topics:
· Biomass resources: recovery, production, pre-treatment, supply and logistics for feedstock from forestry, agriculture, animal residues and processing industry
· Research and development of bioenergy conversion technology systems: combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, biological conversion and biofuels production (biodiesel, ethanol, bio-methanol, bio-synthetic-fuels, bio-hydrogen, direct/indirect liquefaction)
· Demonstration and market implementation of bioenergy in the heat and electricity sector
· Demonstration and market implementation of bioenergy in the transportation sector: private vehicles sector, public bus transport, hybrid systems for ships and trains, ecological cars, jet-biofuel, etc.
· Combined application of biomass for energy, industrial products for climate protection: biofuels, chemicals, timber, board & panels, pulp for paper, animal-feed, activated-charcoal, drinking water, organic fertilisers, bio-refinery, etc.
· Economics and benefits deriving from biomass process technologies, integration and simultaneous production: identification of most promising bioenergy complexes
· International biofuels trade: benefits from Clean Development Mechanism projects implementation, green certificates trading, carbon trading for forestation, international CO2 Trade Off programmes. Project financing schemes, international and national banking facilities mechanisms
· Strategy and policy issues: challenges and opportunities to support the EU Policies and Directives, the Kyoto Protocol, certificates, national and local regulations, globalisation and liberalisation, industry policies, security of energy supply, socio-economic impact (new jobs, education & training)
· International Co-operation for accelerating the large-scale worldwide deployment of bioenergy
· Biomass in the developing world: sustainable biomass use, poverty alleviation, rural development education and local manufacturing capacity building
Papers will be presented in oral and poster presentations and published in the conference proceedings.
Abstracts not exceeding one page (size A4), single-spaced and in English, should include: subject number (1 to 10: cf. above), full title, full name and address of one author for all correspondence, full name of each author and co-author (and affiliation, address, phone/fax/e-mail), purpose of the work, approach, scientific innovation and relevance, results, conclusions. In addition, authors may add up to 3 explanatory pages to facilitate the reviewers' assessment.
Deadlines:
Abstract submission: 10 October 2003
For further information or for abstract submission please use the address: ETA - Renewable Energies; (add: "Attn Ing. Gianluca Tondi" for abstract submissions) Piazza Savonarola,10; 50132 Florence, Italy; Tel +39-055-5002174 Fax +39 055 573425 email: biomass.conf@etaflorence.it. See also www.conference-biomass.com/ for extensive information. A preliminary call for papers with information on registration and paper preparation is available for download at http://www.etaflorence.it/contenuti/DOCS/PDFS/call_for_papers_2nd_World_Biomass_Conference_2004.pdf
Interregional Conference "Food Production and Water: Social and Economic Issues of Irrigation and Drainage"
This conference will be held together with the 55th International Executive Council Meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage - ICID in Moscow, Russia, from 1 to 8 September 2004.
The aim of irrigation and drainage in the XXI century is to ensure the food security of population with the saving and economical use of water resources. In addition to this, the sustainable development of agriculture and improvement of soil fertility should be achieved. Justification of irrigation and drainage projects has to be based on the analysis of the regularity of formation of natural processes, dynamics of structural and functional changes in agrolandscapes under the influence of these processes. The important aspect of the problem is the timely warning about adverse environmental effects. Modernization of irrigation and drainage systems, and monitoring of natural environment is of great significance for timely decision making on the matters of agricultural production management. The irrigation and drainage development stipulates the rational use of land and water resources, and improvement of soil fertility. To increase the efficiency of irrigation and drainage projects there is a need to improve the government economic policy in this field at the time of transition to the market relations with due consideration of the social and economic conditions of the regions.
During the Conference, papers will be presented and discussed with regard for two Questions and one Special Session. Contributions will be presented under several sub-questions for each main theme. The topics for the Conference events are:
I: Role of irrigation and drainage in the strategy of development and maintenance of sustainable agrolandscapes
· Landscape adaptive approach to the issues of irrigation and drainage development
· Rational correlation of natural and man-made agrolandscapes (irrigated and rainfed arable lands, meadows, pastures, forests, natural and man-made water bodies)
· Adaptation of irrigation and drainage to economic and environmental conditions of a region
· Issues of social adaptation of irrigation and drainage development projects
· Role of irrigation and drainage in rising the level of population employment and living standards in rural areas
II. Present environmental and economic issues of irrigation and drainage development
· Irrigation and drainage as a means of development and increasing the productivity and sustainability of agrolandscapes
· Issues related to maintaining the environmental sustainability of agrolandscapes in areas of irrigation and drainage development
· Regularities of equilibrium development of natural and production processes during irrigation and drainage construction
· Monitoring of irrigation and drainage systems
· State economic policy (taxes, privileges, subsidies) of supporting private enterprises in the field of irrigation and drainage and economic practice
· Economic principles of irrigation and drainage in the period of transition to market relations
III. Special session Scientific and research problems of irrigation and drainage development in the XXI century
· Urgent research trends in the field of irrigation and drainage
· Dynamics of structural and functional changes in agrolandscapes under the impact of irrigation and drainage
· The theory of processes responsible for the transformation of natural landscapes into highly productive agrolandscapes
· Modelling of structural and functional arrangement of agrolandscapes based on studying the regularities of processes responsible for the transformation of material and energy exchange in agrobiocenoses under the impact of irrigation and drainage
· Methodology of the adaptation landscape approach to the projects of construction and rehabilitation of irrigation systems
· Regularities of natural and human-induced processes under the impact of irrigation and drainage on the landscape components
· The theory and methodology of formation of useful properties of agrolandscapes, choice of irrigation and drainage technologies providing the rational use of the resource-based and assimilative potential of the environment.
Deadlines:
Submission of papers: 30 September 2003
End of Early Registration: 31 March 2004
The working languages at the Interregional Conference and meetings of the ICID and its working bodies will be English and Russian, including the provision of synchronous translation. The synchronous translation in three languages, i.e. English, French and Russian, will be provided during the official opening and closing of the Interregional Conference and during the session of the International Executive Council of the ICID.
The registration fees (add 50 US $ after 1 June '04) are 600 US$ for participants from ICID member countries and 700 US$ for non-members. Visas to enter Russia are required for the citizens of the majority of countries, except a number of CiS countries. For further information contact: Dr. M.G. Chuelov, Secretary General, Russian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, Russian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, C/o Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation, 1/11, Orlikov per., Moscow 107139, Russia. Fax : (7095) 207-8522, E-mail : bubera@wm.west-call.com. For further information such as guidelines for the preparation of papers, please consult the .pdf document at http://www.vniigim.ru/conf/55/prospect.pdf
International Symposium on Food Production and Environmental Conservation in the Face of Global Environmental Deterioration
Organised by the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan and sponsored by JAICAE, this FPEC symposium will be held from September 7 to 11 September 2004 at the Fukuoka International Congress Center, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
With a world population of more than 6.1 billion in 2002, the demands on the global environment, the atmospheric and aquatic environments are very important subjects for the 21st Century. The deterioration of these environments will create a food problem and has already begun to cause international disputes in some parts of the world.
This symposium will evaluate the meteorological environments ranging from the global atmospheric environment to microclimates, and discuss ways to improve and conserve atmospheric environments. To find possibilities to solve the food problem, discussion will focus on individual and/or general environmental problems with the participation of researchers, professors and administrators from around the world.
The symposium is the successor of the symposium on “Food Production and Environmental Improvement under Global Climate Change” held at Ube, Yamaguchi, in 1996. Reflection on the developments that have occurred since should bear significantly on future developments. It is hoped that the future prospect of food production and environmental conservation will be improved by the process of discussion and that the development of research and investigations will be improved.
The main areas of focus for the symposium are global environmental deterioration, aquatic resources deficit, food production problem, climatic or meteorological improvement and environmental conservation:
· Climatic change or climatic variation and abnormal climate or unusual weather
· Global problems of global warming, acid rain, ozone hole, biodiversity etc.
· From aquatic resources to deforestation or desertification and soil or land degradation
· From air pollution or environmental contamination to aeolian dust or yellow sand
· Environmental problems from local climate to micrometeorology
· Micrometeorological evaluation of momentum, heat, gas and vapor fluxes
· From meteorological environmental modification to microclimatic improvement and bio-environmental control
· From desert greening or revegetation to road and roof greenings
· From biometeorology to bio-ecological meteorology
· From controlled ecological life support systems to agricultural high technology
· Evaluation and utilization of meteorological resources (natural, solar, wind energy etc.)
· Mechanism of various agrometeorological disasters and their countermeasure
· Predictions of growth and development of crops, crop production and food production
· Relation between global environment problems and agriculture
· Crop growth environment and agrometeorological environment and food problems
The registration fee is 45,000 yen (40,000 yen before 31 January 2004), 25,000 yen for students. Registration fees include: Attendance at all Sessions of the Symposium, Participation in Mixer and Symposium Banquet, a copy of the Symposium Proceedings. Sightseeing not included.
Deadlines:
Paper applications & advance registration: 31 January 2004
Abstracts: 31 March 2004
Full papers : 8 September 2004
For further information and a downloadable registration form and registration instructions, please check http://www.agr.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/users/fpec/. All correspondence should be addressed to Prof. Seiji HAYAKAWA, Secretary-General of FPEC, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8515, JAPAN Phone: +81-83-933-5861 Fax: +81-83-933-5820. E-mail: fpec@agr.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
6th International Symposium on
Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Changes: from Molecular Biology to Plant Production and Ecosystem
The 6th APGC Symposium will be held from 19 to 22 October 2004 at the International Congress Center Epocal Tsukuba,
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Topics:
I. Impacts of Air Pollution and Global Change
· Molecular biology
· Plant metabolism
· Ecophysiological effects
· Plant oroduction effects
· FACE: Free Air CO2 Enrichment
· Controlled-environment research
· Natural CO2-springs
· Terrestrial ecological effects and forest decline
· Eco-modelling and prediction of global change
· Ultraviolet-B radiation
II. Monitoring and Remediation
· Greenhouse gases and other trace gases
· Flux measurement
· Phytomonitoring
· Phytoremediation
· CELSS
· Nondestructive instrumentation and image sensing
· Remote sensing and GIS
III. Current Asian Environmental Problems
· Air pollution and acid rain
· Global change
· Other global environmental problems
Deadlines and Dates:
Application for a contributed paper: 31 December 2003
Abstracts: 31 March 2004
Advance registration deadline: 31 July 2004
Further information is available on the internet at http://apgc2004.en.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ or from professor Kenji Omasa, Chairman of the International Organizing Committee, aura@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Agroenviron 2004:
"The Role of Multi-Purpose Agriculture
in Sustaining Global Environment"
Organised by the University of Udine, Italy, the fourth international symposium of the Agroenviron series will be held from 20 to 24 October 2004.
The organisers of this event hope that the series will continue in the future and provide an instrument for involving more and more scientists, engineers, planners, institutions, and countries in agro-environmental issues for sustaining the environment of this globe. The symposium will give scientists an insight into today's burning issues related to agriculture, and it should help to choose the right directions for the future in sustainable agriculture in this millennium.
The topics proposed for presentations in Udine include:
· Land, water, and air pollution in agricultural areas
· Precision agriculture and yield forecasting
· Landscape ecology
· Forestry and range land management
· Climate changes and global agricultural environment
· Biotechnology and agricultural biodiversity
· Desertification and land degradation control
· Agricultural waste reuse and field management
· Wetland and coastal ecology in humid environment
· RS/GIS techniques in agriculture
· Current advances in restoration of rural areas for sustainability
Participants are invited to submit papers or posters coherent with the above objectives and topics that will be published in the proceedings. Please submit your 250-word summaries (no figures or references) by November 30, 2003 to: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe ZERBI, Symposium Secretary General, University of Udine, Udine/ITALY (E-mail: zerbi@dpvta.uniud.it) or Eng. Sajid MAHMOOD (Azeemi), International Co-ordinator, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. E-mail: smahmoodpk@yahoo.com
