SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
 
 
Fertilizers play an important role in meeting the greater food demand resulting from the rapid increase in world population. At the same time food quality, soil fertility, the waste of resources and environmental impacts of low fertilizer efficiency are important issues of fertilizer research and fertilization.
 
The 14th World Fertilizer Congress, jointly organized by CIEC and LDD will provide a forum to exchange the latest detailed information and achievements on fertilizer research, development, production and application since the 12th World Fertilizer Congress of CIEC (Beijing, China, August 2001), and will also fully discuss future developments. The Congress will address the following subjects:

1. Fertilization and Food Quality
2. Improvement and Maintenance of Soil Fertility
3. Fertilizer Use and its Impacts on Environment
4. Efficiency and New Fertilizer Development
5. Fertilizer Balances and Balanced Fertilization
6. Fertilization of Tropical Crops
7. Fertilization of Grasslands
8. Fertilization in Organic Farming
9. Fertilizer Recommendations in Small Farming
10. Production, Markets and Economics of Fertilizers.

KEY-NOTE LECTURES AND SPEAKERS

1. The soils P-engine (Eichler, Bettina (D))
2. Maintenance of nitrogen balances in intensive farming (Knudsen, Leif (Dk))
3. Fertilization with Rare Earth Elements (REE) (Hu, Zhengyi (Cn))
4. Protection of soils from pollution through fertilizers (Bannick, Claus (D))
5. Codes of Good Agricultural Practice for fertilizer use (Vagstad, Nils (N))
6. Physiological aspects of sulphur fertilization (De Kok, Luit, J. (NL))
7. The status quo of Precision Agriculture for fertilization (Betteridge, Keith (Nz))
8. Arsenic - an environmental threat from P-fertilizers? (Schmidt, Ahlert (D))
9. Utilization of the wastewater from pig farms as the nutrient source for oil palm (Panichsakpatana, Supamard (Th))
10. Fertilization in organic farming for Tropical area (Toncho, Arnat (Th))
11. Impact analysis of biosolid on farmland (Parkpian, Preeda (Th))
12. Impact of fertilization and waste recycling on sustainable agriculture (Pongsakul, Pichit (Th))
13. Relationship between soil organic matter and beneficial microorganisms in Thailand
 (Piriyaprin, Siangjeaw (Th))
14. Soil and fertilizer management for economic crops of Thailand (Saifuk, Kamron (Th))
15. Trade and maket of fertilizer in Thailand (Jittanoonta, Dusit (Th))
16. Fertilizer usage and soil quality for horticultural crops: The needs for reconsideration (Bhromsiri, Ampan (Th))

  
SESSION TITLES AND SESSION ORGANIZERS

1.
Nutrient requirements and fertlization of oil palms.
Noor-Mohd, Faisal and Gassner, Anja (Malaysia)
Nilnond, Chairatna (Thailand)
2.
Trade and market of fertilizers in Thailand
Chitanond, Dusit (Thailand)
3.
Fertilizers from industrial by-products
Van der Waals, Johan (RSA)
Panichsakpatana, Supamard (Thailand)
4.
Management of manures
Hofman, Georges (B)
Sartsanaragkit, Suriya (Thailand)
5.
Nutrient dynamics
Haneklaus, Silvia (B)
Suwanarit, Amnat (Thailand)
6.
Fertilization and environmental quality
Vagstadt, Nils (N)
Pongsakul, Pichit (Thailand)
7.
Economics of fertilizer use
Christian Noell (Dk)
Kantangkul, Piti (Thailand)
8.
Fertilization with Rare Earth Elements (REE)
Hu Zhengyi (Cn)
Parkpian, Preeda (Thailand)
9.
Advanced aspects of fertilizer use in horticultural crops
Tremblay, Nicolas (Cn)
Prasittiketh Jirapong (Thailand)
10.
Nutrient requirements and fertilization of industrial and energy crops
Walker, Kerr (Scotland)
11.
Methods and systems for fertilizer recommendations
Vago, Imre (Hu)
Attanandana, Tasnee (Thailand)
12.
Advanced aspects of phosphorus fertilization
Eichler, Bettina (D)
13.
Fertilization in organic farming and biofertilizers
Ulrich Koepke (D)
Ditsathaporn, Somkit (Thailand)
14.
Nutrient requirement and fertilization of grassland
Wang, Shiping (Cn)
Tudsri, Sayan (Thailand)
15.
Foliar fertilization and fertigation
Rosyadi, Imron (Indonesia)
Osatspa, Yongyooth (Thailand)
16.
Genetic engineering and fertilizer efficiency
Hell, Ruediger (D)
Hongprayoon, Chawarit (Thailand)
17.
Nutrient requirements and fertilization of forests
Uzakbaeva, Jyldiz (Ky)
Jamroenprucksa, Monton (Thailand)
18.
Sulphur nutrition and sulphur fertilization of crop plants
de Kok, Luit (NL)
Phimsarn, Sathien (Thailand)
19.
Fertilization and food quality
Hera, Christian (Ro)