Sustainable Soil and Land Management for Climate Smart Agriculture: Preventing and Mitigating Land Degradation

Women carrying straw in a field

This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO eLearning Academy, Agreenium (l'Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France) and UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific). These webinars are an opportunity for all of us to share experiences and lessons learnt, discuss challenges, and propose innovative solutions and models. They aim to provide a holistic and comprehensive view of current trends in thematic areas related to global challenges, by combining development research and innovation perspectives.

The main objective of these technical webinars is to give practitioners the opportunity to interact with international experts, United Nations officers, University professors, researchers and fellow participants, throughout the world. Webinars can be attended as interactive online sessions on Zoom, where sharing perspectives and asking questions to experts is encouraged. These sessions are also recorded and therefore available at any time, through the FAO elearning Academy: elearning.fao.org.

OBJECTIVES OF THIS SESSION

  • Present the impact of climate change on soil and land resources assessment
  • Combine land management practices to tackle land degradation
  • Share tools to support the implementation of sustainable soil and land management measures

SPEAKERS

This international technical webinar will be delivered by Mr Pandi Zdruli, Professor of Soil Science and Natural Resources (CIHEAM), Ms Claire Chenu, Research Director at INRAE and Associate Professor at AgroParisTech, and moderated by Mr Feras Ziadat, Land Resources Officer (FAO).

Watch the webinar recording here

Organization
FAO/UNESAP/Agreenium
Thematic Area