Agriculture and the Environment: Practices and Processes in Soil and Water

The 3-week course is offered by the Center for International Agricultural Development Cooperation, Training Centre R & D Courses, The Volcani Centre, Agricultural Research Organization Ministry of Agriculture Complex. The course is designed for researchers and academic staff of agricultural research institutes and universities, and senior executive staff active in the topics covered in the course. Applicants should have relevant academic degrees and at least 3 years of experience in their work. Good command of the English language is essential.

The course covers a variety of issues related to the interaction between agriculture and the environment. The main topics to be discussed are: irrigation with marginal waters (saline and treated sewage) — agricultural and environmental considerations, recycling sewage sludge, soil-pesticides interaction (sorption, degradation, volatilization, bound residues), hydrology of dissolved contaminants, soil microbial ecology and interactions in the root, and soil and water conservation (runoff and erosion, salinity, sodicity and ion toxicity).