Joint Training School of SUSTAIN & INSAS

During our Joint INSAS and SUSTAIN International workshop on Salt-affected soils: threats and potentials in Valencia, we also organized the first SUSTAIN training school together with the FAO INSAS.

Training overview: The primary goal of the training school was to equip participants with a robust theoretical background on:

• how to target plants in salt-affected soils
• visualize of geospatial data of the “Comunidad Valenciana” using smartphone
• the different methods of determining soil salinity
• modelling of water flow and solute transport in salt-affected soils

Speakers and trainers: The training was led by four experts in the field:

Ed Barrett-Lennard, Principal Research Scientist, Agriculture and Food, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, WA, Australia

Jorge Batlle-Sales, University of Valencia, Chair of INSAS

Bas Bruning, The Salt Doctors

Andres Parra, The Salt Doctors

Meisam Rezaei, INSAS Vice-Chair, Soil and Water Research Institute

The recordings of the training activities are available here:

• Living with salinity: getting the right plant into the right place in saline landscapes.Trainer: Ed Barrett-Lennard, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Australia;
• Different methods of determining soil salinity. Trainers: Bas Bruningand Andres Parra, The Salt Doctors, SUSTAIN member;
• Visualization of geospatial data of the “Comunidad Valenciana” using smartphone. Trainer: Jorge Batlle-Sales, University of Valencia, Spain, Chair of INSAS;
• Modelling of water flow and solute transport in salt-affected soils. Trainer: Meisam Rezaei, Soil and Water Research Institute, Islamic Republic of Iran, INSAS Vice-Chair.