July 2009

IPI-Corvinus University Budapest International Symposium on "Nutrient Management and Nutrient Demand of Energy Plants", 6-9 July 2009, Budapest, Hungary.
See the final program on the IPI website.
The symposium will be jointly organized by the International
Potash Institute (IPI) and Corvinus University Budapest. The venue of the event is Mercure Hotel, Budapest, Hungary. Topics will include quality requirements of crops for biofuels, new and traditional crops for biofuels, energy and CO₂ balance of crops grown for biofuels, and optimal crop rotation and nutrient balance for biofuel plants. The post-symposium tour will be to a biofuels plant and farmers growing energy crops. Registration fee will cover participation at all oral and poster presentations, welcome reception, lunch, morning and afternoon coffee break during the two symposium days, and symposium dinner. The post-symposium tour will be charged separately. For more details see IPI website or contact IPI Coordinator Dr. T. Popp.

 November 2009

IPI-OUAT-IPNI International Symposium on "Potassium Role and Benefits in Improving Nutrient Management for Food Production, Quality and Reduced Environmental Damages", 5-7 November 2009, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, India.
See the 2^nd circular on the IPI website
The symposium will be organized by the International Potash Institute (IPI), International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), and the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). It is co-sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Fertilizer Association of India (FAI), Bangladesh Fertilizer Association (BFA) and the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC). The scientific committee, chaired by Dr. J.S. Samra, has selected the following sessions: 1) Nutrient management to meet challenges of food security; 2) Potassium and nutrient use efficiency; 3) Role of potassium and mineral nutrition in alleviation of stress; 4) The effect of quality and nutritional value of agricultural products on human health: the role of potassium; 5) Spatial variability of soil properties and Site Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM); 6) The role of extension in increasing agricultural productivity; 7) Potassium and the environment; and 8) Nutrient mining and input-output balances.

The draft program is available on the IPI website.

More details will appear regularly on IPI and IPNI websites.

 March 2010

IPI together with the Soil Science Association of El Salvador, organizes a regional symposium titled "Importance of Soil Management and Potash Fertilization for Sustainable Agricultural Development of Central America and the Caribbean".
For more details see IPI website or contact IPI Coordinator Dr. A. Naumov.