1998-99 International Events:

AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST

• Mulch Symposium in the Sahel Region
  Venue: Ougadougou, Burkino Faso
  Date: July 14-16, 1998
  Languages: French-English translation will be available.
  For more information: Mr. Arnie Schlissel, IPALAC
  
  Fax: 972 7 647 2984
  email: IPALAC@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
  
  Symposium Objectives: to determine if the practice of mulching can play a greater role than at present in achieving this objective. To formulate an "action plan" if warranted.

• Combating Desertification with Plants
  Venue: Beer Sheva, Israel
  Date: November 2-5, 1998
  For more information: Mr. Arnie Schlissel, IPALAC
  
  Fax: 972 7 647 2984
  email: IPALAC@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
  

• Eighth Congress of the African Association for Biological Nitrogen Fixation
  Venue: Cape Town, South Africa
  Date: November 23-27, 1998
  For more information: dakora@botzoo.uct.ac.za

NORTH AMERICA

• The 53rd Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference: Balancing Resource Issues
  Venue: San Diego, California
  Date: July 5-9, 1998
  For more information: Soil and Water Conservation Society
  
  Phone: (515) 289-2331
  Fax: (515) 289-1227
  E-mail: swcs@swcs.org
  Website: http://www.swcs.org

• Soil Health: Managing the Biological Component of Soil Quality
  Venue: Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
  Date: November 8-12, 1998 --conference will be one-half day during joint annual meeting of ESA (Entomological Society of America) and APS (American Phytopathological Society)
  For more information: Dr. Michael Zeiss
  
  Phone: 504-776-6332
  Fax: 504-776-6242 (includes country and city codes)
  E-mail: zeiss@eapdpv.sdnhon.org.hn
  
  Conference goal: This informal conference will unite diverse disciplines to consider the biological component of soil quality: which taxa are important, how to quantify them, and how to work with farmers and other clients to apply the resulting knowledge.

• 10th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference:
  Sustaining the Global Farm
  Venue: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  Date: May 23-28, 1999
  For more information:
  
  Mail: ISCO99, Purdue University, 1196 SOIL Building
  West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1196
  Telephone: 1-765-494-8683
  FAX: 1-765-494-5948 c/o ISCO99
  E-mail: isco99@ecn.purdue.edu
  Web site: http://soils.ecn.purdue.edu/~isco99
  
  Scope:
  • Science and Technology for Conservation Planning and Assessment
    
  • Soil Survey and Natural Resource Assessment for Environmental Protection
    
  • Socioeconomic Elements of Land and Water Conservation
    
  • Conservation Policy: A Basis for Action
    
  • Conservation Action: Sustaining Our Land and Water

LATIN AMERICA

• III Latin American Meeting on No-Tillage Systems for Small Farms
  (III Encontro Latinoamericano de Plantio Direto para Pequenas Propriedades)
  Date: October 19-22, 1998
  Venue: Pato Branco Municipality, Parana State, Brazil Organised by: IAPAR, Est. Exp. Pato Branco, Fax: 55-46225-3183
  For more information: fatima@whiteduck.com.br Fatima Ribeiro
  Expected no. of participants: >1000

• International conference: The 1st JIRCAS Seminar on Soybean Research - No-tillage Cultivation and Future Research Needs
  Date: 5-6 March, 1998
  Venue: Iguassu Falls, Parana, Brazil
  For more information: Japan Internation Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences (organizers), Ibaraki, Japan, Fax: 81-298-38-6316

• Regional no-till conference -
  III Conferencia Anual de Plantio Direto de Ijui
  Date: 27-28 May, 1998
  Venue: Ijui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil For more information: (Organizers) Revista PLANTIO DIRETO
  
  Tel. & Fax: 55-54-311.1235
  Expected number of participants: >500

• National no-till conference - VI Encontro Nacional de Plantio Direto
  Date: 17-20 June, 1998
  Venue:Brasilia, DF, Brazil
  For more information: (Organizers) APDC
  
  Tel. & Fax: 55-61-274.7245

• National No-till Conference on Weed Control in No-tillage (Simposio Nacional de Controle de Plantas Daninhas no Plantio Direto)
  Date: First half of August, 1998
  Venue:Passo Fundo, Cruz Alta or Ponta Grossa, Brazil For more information: (Organizers) Revista PLANTIO DIRETO
  
  Tel. & Fax: 55-54-311.1235
  Expected number of participants: >500

• National no-till conference: VI Conreso Nacional de Siembra Directa de AAPRESID
  Date: 17-21 August, 1998
  Venue: Mar del Plata, Argentina For more information: Fatima Ribeiro fatima@whiteduck.com.br
  Organised by: AAPRESID, Tel. & Fax 54-41-260745
  Expected no. of participants: >1300

• 12th IFOAM Conference and General Assembly: Organic Agriculture - Credibilty for the XXI Century
  Date: November 15-19, 1998
  Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina For more information: IFOAM
  
  e-mail: ifoam-98@satlink.com
  Phone/Fax: (+54) 1 314-0928. Fax (+54) 1 311-8898

• National no-till conference: III Encuentro Nacional Nacional de Productores en Siembra Directa
  Date: 24-28 February, 1998
  Venue: Obligado, Itapia, Paraguay
  Organised by: APASCU, Tel. & Fax 595-75-326 or 595-75-474
  Expected no. of participants: >1000

• Regional no-till conference: II Simposio Regional de Siembra Directa
  Date: July 29-31, 1998
  Venue: Naranjal, Alto Parana, Paraguay
  Organised by: ASIDINAR, Tel. & Fax 595-676-20232
  Expected no. of participants: >700

International Humic Substances Society Annual Meeting
Date: September 21-25, 1998
Venue: University of Adelaide, Australia
For more information: Kaye Spark, ihss-9@sawater.sa.gov.au