Frequently Asked Questions Joint FAO/IAEA Programme

Meetings

  • 2007
  • Research Co-ordination Meetings
  • Third RCM of CRP on “Selection for Greater Agronomic Water-Use Efficiency in Wheat and Rice Using Carbon Isotope Discrimination”, 4 to 8 June 2007 in Yinchuan, China. (D1.20.08)
    Technical Officers: Phillip Chalk
  • Fourth and final RCM of CRP on “Assess the Effectiveness of Soil Conservation Measures for Sustainable Watershed Management Using Fallout Radionuclides”, 15 - 19 October 2007, Vienna – Austria. (D1.50.08)
    Technical Officer: Felipe Zapata
  • First RCM of CRP on “Managing irrigation water to enhance crop productivity under water limiting conditions: A role for isotopic techniques”, 26 - 30 November 2007, Vienna – Austria. (D1.20.09)
    Technical Officers: Minh-Long Nguyen and Lee Heng
  • Consultants Meetings
  • Use of Nuclear Techniques in Watershed Scale Sediment Budget Studies for Assessing the Environmental Impact of Intensive Agriculture. Date: 5 - 7 November 2007. Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.
    Technical Officers: Minh-Long Nguyen and Gerd Dercon
  • Integrated soil-water-plant solutions for biomass production and environmental performance as influenced by climate changes. Date: 12 - 14 November 2007. Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.
    Technical Officers: Minh-Long Nguyen
  • Conservation of soil water storage for biomass production by riparian zones, natural wetlands and strategically constructed wetlands. Date: 12 - 14 December 2007. Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.
    Technical Officers: Minh-Long Nguyen and Lee Heng
  • NON-FAO/IAEA Meetings
  • Symposium on Soil Processes under Extreme Meteorological Conditions, 25 to 27 February 2007, Bayreuth, Germany. See announcement at: http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/SP-2007/
  • First International Soil Moisture Sensing Technology Conference; Current and future research directions in soil moisture sensing. 19 to 21 March 2007, Waikiki, Honolulu. This conference will focus on current and future research directions in soil moisture in-situ sensing technology with special emphasis on sensor reliability and measurement scale dependency. More details about the conference can be found on the webpage of the conference: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/faresa/Conferences.htm
  • EcoSummit 2007: Ecological Complexity and Sustainability, 22 to 27 May 2007, Beijing, China. http://www.ecosummit2007.elsevier.com/
  • General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, 15 to 20 April 2007, Vienna, Austria. http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2007/
  • 10th International Symposium on Soil and Plant Analysis, 11 to 15 June 2007, Budapest, Hungary. http://www.spcouncil.com/symposium.htm, http://www.pedologie.cz/dokumenty/isspa2007.pdf
  • 5th International Congress of the European Society for Soil Conservation, 25 to 30 June 2007, Palermo, Italy. http://www.esscpalermocongress.it/
  • 9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (9th IOCBTE), 15 to 19 July 2007, Beijing, China. http://www.conference.ac.cn/icobte.htm
  • 10th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, 1 to 4 August 2007, Moscow, Russian Federation. http://isrs10.hydro-msu.ru/en/
  • Pedometrics 2007, 27 to 30 August 2007, Tübingen, Germany. http://www.pedometrics.de
  • 16th International Symposium of the International Scientific Centre for Fertilizers (CIEC) on Mineral versus organic fertilization conflict or synergism? 16 - 19 September 2007, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University, Belgium. http://www.soilman.ugent.be/ciec/
  • Interregional Training Courses
  • Use of Nuclear and related Techniques to Measure Storage, Flows and Balance of Water in Cropping Systems, at the Agency’s Laboratory, Seibersdorf, Austria. 1 to 25 October 2007.