Session: Special Session Symposium--Food and Environmental Security: Developing Joint Solutions

Title: Special Session Symposium--Food and Environmental Security: Developing Joint Solutions

Session Description: The 19^th Annual Joint SWCS-SSSA Symposium will be held at the 2018 SWCS annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico and at the 2018/19 SSSA annual meeting in San Diego, California. Previous joint symposia have been very successful and contributed to the development of special issues, research editorials, features, books and other significant technology transfer efforts. The title of the 19^th joint SWCS-SSSA symposium is, "€œFood and Environmental Security: Developing Joint Solutions". Nutrient management and water quality are of very high interest to members of the SWCS and SSSA. Reduction of off-site transport of nutrients from agricultural landscapes via surface and leaching pathways for nutrient loss while maintaining crop production is a great challenge. Row crop production requires regular additions of nitrogen and phosphorus, in addition to other nutrients, to achieve expected yield for maintaining food security. Those nutrients, if over-applied or subjected to heavy precipitation, may enter surface or groundwater and lead to unintended environmental impairment. Excess nutrients in water can lead to eutrophication and hypoxia. This joint symposia aims at bringing together Farmers, Scientists, Conservation practitioners and Agricultural Industry representatives to discuss practical nutrient management for crop production while trying to meet environmental goals. This joint symposium will continue the tradition of cooperation between these professional societies facilitate bringing scientists, conservation practitioners, and other national and international cooperators together.