October 2007

Training program for dealers, Kanyakumari, 1 October 2007, Tamil Nadu, India.

IPI and the Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) is organizing a training course on "Balanced Fertilization and Integrated Nutrient Management". This one-day course is specifically designed for fertilizer dealers. For more details please contact Dr. P. Imas, IPI Coordinator India.

Round table in Lucknow, 4 October 2007, Uttar Pradesh, India.

IPI and the Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) are organizing the 5th Round Table meeting, this time in Northern India, Lucknow, UP. The theme is "Fertilizers Best Management Practices: Benefits and challenges of its adoption". The one day meeting will consist of presentations and working groups discussions. For more details contact Dr. P. Imas, IPI Coordinator India.

IPI-VSI Farmers' Training program on Fertigation of Sugarcane, 6 October, 2007, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.

IPI and the Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) are organizing a farmers' meeting in the frame of the joint project titled "Effect of various levels of Potash application through Drip irrigation on yield and quality of Sugarcane (CO 86032)". For more details please contact Dr. P. Imas, IPI Coordinator India.

Workshop on Site-Specific Nutrient Management for Maize, 26 October 2007, Manila, Philippines.

The IPI-IPNI joint mission of the South East Asia Program (SEAP) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are organizing this workshop in Manila. For more details contact Dr. Christian Witt.

Best Management Practices for Maximum Economic Yield in Oil Palm, 31 October and 3 November 2007, Indonesia.

The first and second regional workshops on "Best Management Practices for Maximum Economic Yield in Oil Palm" will be organized by the IPI-IPNI joint mission of the South East Asia Program (SEAP). The workshops are for agronomists, field staff, plantation managers and company executives. The first workshop to be held on the 31 October will be at Kisaran and the second, on the 3rd November at Sosa, both in North Sumatra. For more details contact Dr. Christian Witt.

 November 2007

ICPA-IPI Training seminars for governmental agricultural advisor in Pitesti and Slobozia, Romania. 31 October and 2 November 2007, respectively.

IPI and the National Research and Development Institute for Soil Science, Agrochemistry and Environmental Protection (ICPA) are conducting training courses on "Balanced Fertilization" to extension officers of the ICPA. For more details contact Dr. Thomas Popp.

IPI-TNAU extension officers training course on "Balanced fertilization in horticultural crops", 3 December 2007, Horticultural College & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.

This joint program summarizes three years of joint research in various horticultural crops of Tamil Nadu. For details contact Dr. Vladimir Nosov.

 December 2007

"Potassium and Magnesium: Advances in Research and Application", IPI-IFS-Sabanci University joint symposium, 5-7 December 2007, Cambridge, UK.

This symposium is jointly organized by IPI, the International Fertilizer Society (IFS) and Prof. Ismail Cakmak of Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. The Conference will start at midday on Wednesday 5th December 2007 and finish after lunch on Friday 7th. It will be of interest and value to academics, agronomists, advisors, and also to fertiliser company staff. Distinguished speakers have been invited to give the keynote addresses. The full program and registration details are now available at www.ipipotash.org.

We look forward to seeing you at the end of the year in Cambridge.

For more details please contact IPI at ipi@ipipotash.org.

 In 2008

Second International Symposium on Papaya 9-12 December 2008, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

This symposium is being jointly organized by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Leuven, Belgium in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India and other scientific organizations. The theme of the symposium is "Papaya for nutritional security". For further details, please contact the organizing secretary, Dr. N. Kumar, Professor (Horticulture), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, India.
E-mail: kumarhort@yahoo.com, Phone: +91 422-6611310/6611377, (R): +91 422- 2436046; Fax: +91 422-6611399, Mobile: +91 936 312 1916. Web: www.ishs-papaya2008.com