Workshop 3:
New Phase for the Development and Utilization of a Soil Information System in East Asia

Objectives

MARCO and its members have become major providers and users of soil information in Asia, and are entering new era of constructing a regional and global soil information system. The Global Soil Partnership developed by FAO is enhancing the quantity and quality of global soil information with the goals of achieving food security and carbon sequestration, combating land degradation, and promoting climate-smart agriculture. The purposes of the workshop are to build a partnership that will lead to the launch of the Asia Soil Information Network, to exchange information on the current situation and on the problems related to soil information and soil carbon estimation in Monsoon Asia, and to utilize soil information for climate change mitigation.

Convener

Hiroshi Obara, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

Program
September 26, Wednesday, 9:30 – 17:00

Keynote lecture:
Future prediction using pedo-geo-transfer function and soil information

Takashi kosaki [Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan]

[1].Soil information system in Monsoon Asia countries

Chair: Takashi Kosaki, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

1. Digital soil mapping: An opportunity for integrated Asian soil information system
   • Ganlin Zhang [ Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China]
2. Soil and environmental information system of Korea and its use
   • Sukyoung Hong, Yihyun Kim, Kyungdo Lee, Yejin Lee, Byungkeun Hyun, Yongseon Zhang, and Deogbae Lee [National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Agency, Korea]
3. Soil information system of Taiwan
   • Horng-Yuh Guo [Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Republic of China]
4. Enhancing soil carbon sequestration and productivity on arable land of Thailand
   • Sathaporn Jaiarree [Department of Land Development, Thailand]
5. Soil information system of Japan
   • Yusuke Takata [National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan]

Lunch
Poster session

[2].Utilization of soil information system for countermeasure against global warming issue

Chair: Kazunori Khoyama, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

1. Outline of national survey program for greenhouse gas and soil carbon stock estimation
   • Hiroshi Obara [National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan]
2. A national survey program for monitoring soil carbon content and soil management in Japan
   • Ai Leon and Hiroshi Obara [Ai Leon and Hiroshi Obara]
3. Long-term field experiment program for monitoring soil carbon content in Japan
   • Takeshi Ota and Ritsuko Fuchiyama [National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan]
4. Current studies on soil organic carbon stocks and carbon budget in Japanese grasslands
   • Shoji Matsuura(1) and Masayuki Hojito(2) [(1)Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan, (2)Kitasato University, Japan]
5. Soil carbon monitoring in Japanese forest soils
   • Shinji Kaneko, Shin Ugawa, Kazuki Nanko, Satoru Miura and Masamichi Takahashi [Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan]
6. Mitigation of methane emissions from paddy fields by prolonging mid-season drainage

   • Masayuki Itoh, Shigeto Sudo and Kazuyuki Yagi [Kyoto University, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan]

7. Simulating soil carbon in Japanese agricultural land by the Rothamsted carbon model

   • Ysuhito Shirato and Yasumi Yagasaki [Ysuhito Shirato and Yasumi Yagasaki]

[3].Discussion

Chair: Takashi kosaki, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
          Kazunori Khoyama, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

Program
September 27, Thursday, 9:30 – 12:00

MARCO-FAO-ISSCAS　joint meeting for Asian Soil Partnership
Chair: Masami Nanzyo, Tohoku University, Japan

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