Webinar: Challenges and Opportunities for Soil Management in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (14 February 2017)

Date and timeFebruary 14, 6- 8 p.m. (CET = GMT+1)
Free registration

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/climatesmartag/

Please join us for a Climate Smart Agriculture webinar on featuring discussions and presentations addressing the challenges and opportunities of the adoption of healthier soil management practices and technologies.

Join the conversation and ask your burning questions as farmers, scientists, businesses and government representatives in the Netherlands and California discuss how to keep soils healthy and productive.
The webinar will start with oral presentations which will be followed by a moderated discussion with all the panel members.

Panellists and speakers

  • Geetika Joshi (CDFA)
  • Mark Easter (Colorado State)
  • Judith Redmond (Full Belly Farm)
  • William Horwath (UC Davis) 
  • Cynthia Cory (CFBF)
  • Titia Mulder (WUR) – assistant prof. Soil geography and landscape, co-author 4 per mille position paper
  • Winfried Raijmakers (YARA) – contact person for N-sensor precision fertilization technology
  • Annet Zweep (Ministry of Economic Affairs & Ministry Infrastructure and Environment - NL)
  • Gijs Kuneman (Director of CLM) 
  • Wim de Vries (WUR) – prof. Soil chemistry, focus on land use management, carbon sequestration etc...
  • Wijnand Sukkel (WUR) – applied researcher in the field of sustainable farming systems

California is working in collaboration with the Netherlands to foster knowledge-sharing partnerships to address climate change impacts on agriculture. This webinar is the third in the series of discussions promoting innovations, technologies and on-farm management practices with the hope to boost Climate-Smart Agriculture in developed Countries.

Tuesday 07 February 2017
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