Fertilizers and Agriculture, May 2012

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SUMMARY

• Results concerning agriculture under the French Presidency of the G20
• World Bank’s agronomic programme in Haiti to include zinc
• Consensus reached on voluntary guidelines on land tenure
• Global TraPs workshop addresses phosphorus knowledge gaps
• 2012 IFA Norman Borlaug Laureate
• OCP launches the Global Food Security Forum
• Unifa’s online “sustainable fertilization” challenge
• Sustainability "The Arab Fertilizer Association focuses on sustainability and SHE issues"
• 4R NUTRIENT STEWARDSHIP - The solution for responsible, sustainable and innovative farming practices
• IFA and Fertilizers Europe cooperate on product stewardship
• New "Female Face of Farming” infographic
• How innovative organizations are using crowdsourcing to develop new content and insights

• IFA News
- Farming First Twitter
- Feeding the Earth Series: 2 new issue briefs
- Fertilizer subsidy situation in selected countries: 2010-2011
- IFA annual report 2011
- IFA job opportunity: Director, Technical Service
- RIO+20
- Roots for Growth

• Events - Calendar
- 80th IFA Annual Conference, 21 – 23 May 2012, Doha, Qatar
- Production and International Trade Conference, 1 – 3 October 2012, Dublin, Ireland
- IFA Crossroads Asia-Pacific, 29 – 31 October 2012, Manila, Philippines
- 38th IFA Enlarged Council Meeting, 27 – 29 November 2012, Rome, Italy

Fertilizers and Agriculture, January 2012

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SUMMARY

• A producer’s perspective on the fertilizer industry
• Agriculture and the green economy
• Sustainability "Toros Agri: Educating farmers in Turkey, with an emphasis on women"
• Malawi - Farmers’ perspective on linking science to the field
• International organizations focus on women’s issues
• Declaration for farmer choice
• Outcome of the First General Assembly of the World Farmers’ Organization
• Unlocking the value of new media in agricultural communications
• The A2A toolkit for energy reduction
• 3^rd International Zinc Symposium - Main outcomes and key messages

• IFA News
- RIO+20 Conference in June
- Commission on the Status of Women 2012
- Global Phosphate Rock Production Trends from 1961 to 2010. Reasons for the Temporary Set-Back in 1988-1994
- Short-Term Fertilizer Outlook 2011-2012
- IFA set to survey its global membership on SHE performance
- Harmonization of fertilizer sampling and analysis methods
- IFA Green Leaf Award 2013 Invitation to nominate candidate production sites

• Events - Calendar
- IFA Regional Conference, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 3-4 April 2012