Call for abstracts - 2nd Soil Symposium in Addis Ababa

27.09.2023

Within the framework of the ETH-Soil project, the first Soil Symposium was held in Addis Ababa on 28th February 2023. Building on the success of this event, the 2^nd Soil Symposium will take place

on 13^th February 2024 in Addis Ababa.

The Soil Symposium provides a platform for researchers and practitioners to present and exchange their experiences with biochar-based biofertilizers for soil amendment in Ethiopia.

For the 2024 Soil Symposium, researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their abstracts for either poster or oral presentations. Submissions shall adress one of the following topics:

• soil amendment with biochar-based biofertilizers
• plant growth and crop yields after the application of biochar-based biofertilizers
• bioslurry, pile compost and vermicompost: exploration of potentials for loading of biochar with nutrients.

The Soil Symposium Committee will select five abstracts for oral presentation and five abstracts for poster presentation. The three best presentations and posters will be awarded a prize. Submissions (max. 1,5 A4 pages including title, authors and abstract) are accepted by e-mail at: Betelhem.Mekonnen.Muluneh@dbfz.de.

Timeline

• Submission opening 1^st October 2023
• Submission closing 15^th November 2023
• Information of acceptance from 15^st December 2023

For accepted submissions it is possible – but not guaranteed – to receive a complete or partial reimbursement of travel expenses upon request.