Program
03 - December - 2011
WATER SCIENCE
- Catchments hydrology and drainage
- Strategic and tactical use of supplementary irrigation
- Irrigation water resource availability and quality
- Guidelines on water use
SOIL SCIENCE
LOWLAND AND UPLAND SOILS MANAGEMENT
- Nutrient balances and nutrient availability
- Soil acidity and salinity
- Soil biology, organic matter, and nitrogen fixation
- Soil-specific fertilizer recommendations
- Development of nutrient management technologies
- Plant nutrition research: nutrient omission trials and fertilizer responses for rice, fruit trees, vegetables and field crops
SOIL PHYSICS
- Soil water availability in relation to soil types and soil management
- Tillage – effects on crop establishment, soil structure and erosion
- Crop establishment – seedbed requirements and relationship to soil types, waterlogging, fertilizer requirements and placement and tillage.
- Soil physical characteristics- relationship of soil physical properties to tillage, crop establishment, erosion risk and drainage.
LAND RESOURCES
- GIS and Land Suitability
- Land use and soil types spatial datasets and mapping
- Update soil manual for rice plus upland crops
- Develop land suitability classifications
- Decision support systems for land use planning (crop suitability assessment and maps)
- Soil quality –indicators (physical, chemical and biological) of sustainable soil management practices.
ANALYTICAL LABORATORY
- Analytical services for soil, water and plant samples plus post-harvest products
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