Strategies for improving soil health in arid land agroecosystems - Daniel Blackburn - Webinar FAO

Webinar - Technologies and Innovations for Improving Soil Health for Better Production in desert small-scale agriculture in the GCC Region - 8 Dec 2022
Organized by Abdoulaye SaleyMoussa (FAOSNG)
This webinar will provide a platform bringing various actors to take stock of recent scientific
breakthroughs, practices, technologies, and innovations with potential for improving soil health for
better production in desert small-scale open field agriculture. Specific objectives include:
 Celebrating the World Soil Day 2022 and raising awareness on the importance of soil and healthy
soil for better production.
 Share latest scientific breakthroughs, practices, technologies, and innovations with potential to
improve soil health condition for increasing productivity and production
 Fostering knowledge exchange and information sharing, networking, and exploring opportunities
for cross-country and regional R&D collaboration on soil health.
Agenda
1330-1335: Welcome by moderator - Abdoulaye Saley Moussa FAOSNG
1335-1340: Opening Remarks - Lifeng Li, Director Land and Water Division - FAO
1340-1345: Video - Health Soils: the foundation of healthy foods and better environment
1345-1355: Daniel Blackburn, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
1355-1405: Elke Gabriel Neumann, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
1405-1415: Ibrahim Malas, Center for Desert Agriculture, King AbdulAziz University of Scienceand Technology (CDA/KAUST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1415-1425: Moussadek Rachid, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas(ICARDA), Morocco
1425-1435: Nhamo Nhamo, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), United ArabEmirates
1435-1455: Interactive session
1455-1500: Closing - Markos Tibbo FAOSNG