Monday, 10 July 2006: 1:15 PM
Convention Center, Room 108AB, First Floor
16: 3.4A Combating Global Soil & Land Degradation I. Agroecosystems: Processes & Assessment - Oral
Sponsor:WCSS
Presiding:Matilde Somarriba-Chang, Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA)
Convenor:Miguel Ayarza, TGU: 00087
1:15 PMDecision support tools and technologies to assess and reverse land degradation in tropical savanna and hillside agroecosystems of Latin America.
Miguel Ayarza Sr., Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT, Edgar Amezquita, Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT, Edmundo Barrios, Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT, Marco Rondon, Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT, Idupulapati Rao, Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT
1:45 PMLand degradation: An assessment of the human impact on global land resources.
Hari Eswaran, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Paul Reich, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Friedrich Beinroth, University of Puerto Rico
2:05 PMNutrient Budgeting in Tropical Agro ecosystem - A micro and meso level modeling study for assessing sustainability in agro-ecosystem using NUTMON-Toolbox.
V. Murugappan, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, U. Surendran, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, R Jagadeeswaran, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, A Bhaskaran, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
2:25 PMCharacterizing Soil Change within the Human Time Scale for Resource Assessment and Prediction.
Arlene J. Tugel, USDA-NRCS, Joel R. Brown, USDA-NRCS, Susan S. Andrews, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), ENTSC, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Jeffrey E. Herrick, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Karl W. Hipple, USDA-NRCS, National Soil Survey Center
2:45 PMSoil quality dynamics in a family based shifting cultivation system on the Atlantic Forest, Brazil.
Marcela C. R. Aboim, Embrapa Solos, Joyce C. Barbosa, Embrapa Solos, Alexandre S. Rosado, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Heitor L. C. Coutinho, Embrapa Solos

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