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June 2020
IYPH photo competition – Healthy and unhealthy plants
FAO estimates that up to 40% of food crops are lost to plant pests and diseases annually. This leaves millions of people without enough food to eat and seriously damages agriculture. Photos can be submitted to the following categories: Unhealthy plants: photographs of pests attacking plants in your area, or to show us the damage being caused. Pests are defined as any species, strain or type of plant, animal or pathogen that damage plants or plant products. They include insects,…
Find out more »Australasian Plant Breeding Conference
The 16th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC) will be held at QT Hotel, 7 Staghorn Ave, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on 21-24 June 2020. The theme “Towards 2050” has been chosen to capture the long-term nature of plant breeding, and the essential role the discipline will play in delivering food and prosperity to the predicted world population of 9 billion by this date, in the face of decreasing available production area, climate change and demand for new products. Our vision…
Find out more »August 2020
Australian Cotton Conference 2020
The Australian Cotton Conference is held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre every second year. It brings together new and experienced farmers, agronomists and researchers, brands and marketers, students, supply chain partners, industry groups and cotton groupies to look at the challenges and opportunities facing cotton, share and learn from one another and listen to some of the world’s best cotton experts. Registrations are now open. Researchers are invited to nominate for a three minute thesis (3MT) speaking spot. 3MT…
Find out more »September 2020
International Congress on Irrigation & Drainage
The congress will be combined with Irrigation Australia's biennial Irrigation Australia Conference and Exhibition. Theme : ‘Innovation and research in agricultural water management to achieve sustainable development goals’. 22-28 September 2020 | International Convention Centre Sydney
Find out more »October 2020
World Cotton Research Conference 2020 (Egypt)
The World Cotton Research Conference (WCRC) is held once every four years in different cotton growing countries and serves as a global platform for researchers and experts to share the latest updates in cotton research and development. In 2020 it will be held in Egypt on 3-7 October. The 5-day technical programme will include invited plenary lectures and keynote talks that feature world-renowned cotton scientists. The conference provides an opportunity for researchers to present their work through oral and poster…
Find out more »International Plant Health Conference, Helsinki, Finland
The first International Plant Health Conference will be convened in Helsinki on 5-8 October 2020. Its main theme will be “Protecting Plant Health in a Changing World”. Hosted by the government of Finland, the IPHC will be one of the key events of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) in 2020. The objective of the conference is to provide for the first time a forum to discuss global scientific, technical and regulatory plant health issues in a conference setting…
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