IMPHOS/NACENTECH Workshop
“Direct use of phosphate rock for improving crop production in acid soils in Asia”
14 November 2007
- Receive guest and participants
15 November:
Workshop in Rex Hotel – Hochiminh City
8.00 - 8.30: Reception – registration
Opening session
8.30: Opening ceremony
8.30: Introduction – Dr Nassir – coordinator Asia Program IMPHOS
8.45: Inaugural address by Secretary General IMPHOS Dr MRABET
9.00: Welcome from official Vietnam – Dr Sc. Phan Xuan Dzung – Vice Chairman of Science Technology and Environment Committee - National Assembly.
9.15 Report session” IMPHOS ACTION IN ASIA”
Chairman: Dr G.Dev IMPHOS (India) + Dr Nguyen Van Bo (Vietnam)
9.15 – 9.45: Report from IMPHOS activities in Asia (DR A.NASSIR IMPHOS)
9.45 – 10.15: Report from Pakistan (DR A.NISAR)
10.15 – 10.45: Report from India (DR G.DEV)
10.45 – 11.00: Coffee Break
11.00: Report from Vietnam
11.00 – 11.20: The effect of some types of natural phosphate for corn and ground nut on basaltic soil in Dak Lak, Vietnam – Dr Trinh Cong Tu – Central Highlands Soils, Fertilizers and Environment Research Center
11.20 – 11.40: Efficiency of direct use of phosphate rocks for coffee, litchi, orange and ananas in acid soils of North Viet Nam – Dr Nguyen Cong Vinh – Head of Land use Department – Institute for Soils & Fertilizers Research (ISF)
11.40 – 12.00: Efficiency of direct use of phosphate rocks for coffee and ananas on basalt soils in Highland Vietnam – Dr Nguyen Van Ket – Doyen of Agro-Forestry Faculty – Da Lat University
12.00 – 13.30: Lunch
PM
Chairman: Dr NASSIR IMPHOS (Morocco) + Dr Nguyen Van Bo - Director of Vietnam Agricultural Sciences Institute (Vietnam)
13.30 – 13.50: Efficiency of direct use of phosphate rocks for coffee, longan and pomelo on soils of South-east Region of Vietnam – MSc. Mai Van Tri – Deputy Director of South – East Fruit Research Center (SOFRI)
13.50 – 14.10: Dynamic of various phosphate rocks in acid soils of Vietnam – incubation trials. Mrs. Tran Thi Tuong Linh – Head of technology research and development department – NACENTECH
14.10 – 14.30: Effect of phosphate rock dissolved by micro-organism on peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) Associate Prof. Dr Cao Ngoc Diep – Can Tho University
14.30 – 14.50: Synthetic evaluation of rock phosphate use efficiency in Vietnam – Dr Vo Dinh Quang – Director of NACENTECH Branch in Ho Chi Minh City
14.50 – 15.05: Coffee break
15.05 – 17.30 PANEL SESSION: General Discussion
chairman: Dr MRABET(IMPHOS) and Dr QUANG(NACENTECH)
- Constrains of Acid soils
- Potential of phosphate rock use
- Future research needed and cooperation program
19.00: Diner
16 November
Field trip: Visit trial on Mango of Mekong Delta – 200 km from Hochiminh city
7.30: depart from Rex Hotel;
10.30: arrive to Cao Lanh City.
10.30 – 1200: visit trial +
12.00 – 13.00: Lunch at Restaurant – Cao Lanh city .
13.00 – 15.00: visit the fruit gardens – investigate the culture techniques.
15.00 – 18.00: Come back to Hochiminh city
17 November
AM
7.30 -12.30: Visit Trial on pomelo – Baria Vung Tau Province – 100 km from Hochiminh city
12.30: Lunch
PM. Free
18 November
Participants return to country
AGRO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT P SOURCES ON FRUIT TREES AND COFFEE 