||
Proposed Dates: 2014 September 20-30
Ningxia Academy of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences
Yinchuan City, Ningxia, PR China
Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices, with increasing acceptance across the globe, is today being considered as a harbinger for agriculture sustainability and resilient productivity. Its positive impact on natural resources, and adaptation to and mitigation of climate change effects, is widely acknowledged as a key combatant in the “Blue Revolution”.
In Asia, CA is a relatively new introduction and capacity development is vital for development, adaptation and scaling-out for impact across the region. Hence, a course on CA shall offer a unique capacity development opportunity to the all those associated with natural resource management, environment,agriculture, supply chains and related service sectors.This national course links the global and regional CA courses for sustainable intensification of maize and wheat systems, restoration of natural resource degradation and resilient cropping systems with vast experience from leading foreign experts from Asia, Africa and the Americas. Dr Ken Sayre, Dr ML Jat, Dr H Sidhu and Dr Jack McHugh have extensive Chinese and Asian agricultural experience and they will build your knowledge and skills to lead CA research and development in China.
Course Coordinator
Dr. A.D. Jack McHugh, Sr. Research Engineer
CIMMYT-China
Ph: +86 951 688 6805
Email: a.mchugh@cgiar.org
Training Executive
Mr Dong Liguo. Program Assistant, CIMMYT-China
Ph: +86 135 1957 0303
Email: dlg0303@163.com
Costs and logistics
Participants are responsible for making their own international and domestic travel rrangements and covering incidentals, including transport from Yinchuan to Wuzhong
Participants will be responsible for their hotel accommodation and incidentals. Transport in
Wuzhong City will be supplied.
Costs for banquets, field trip meals, buses & materials will be 1500RMB/person to be paid on
arrival.
Course location will be in Wuzhong City, Ningxia.Maximum number of participants will be imited,
so apply early to avoid disappointment.
Course length will be 7 days: September 20-27 Apply by sending; your name, contact details &
unit, to the training executive dlg0303@163.com
Application deadline is September 05, 2014.
Archiver|手机版|科学网 ( 京ICP备07017567号-12 )
GMT+8, 2024-9-27 06:03
Powered by ScienceNet.cn
Copyright © 2007- 中国科学报社