ESAFS
The East and Southeast Asia Federation of Soil Science Societies
ESAFS is the federation of soil science societies in East and Southeast Asian regions. This website provides general information on ESAFS and is maintained by ESAFS support office.
ESAFS 2024
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Season's Greeting from ESAFS Support Offices.
The joint conference of the 17th International Conference of Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE) and the 22nd International Conference of Heavy Metals (ICHMET) will be held from 22nd to 26th September 2025 in Busan, South Korea.
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ESAFS2024 Program book is now available.
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ESAFS 16th International Conference (ESAFS2024)
The 16th International Conference (ESAFS2024) was successfully held from 26 to 29 March 2024 at Thai Nguyen University Convention Center, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam. Thai Nguyen University organized the conference in collaboration with the Vietnamese Soil Science Society (VSSS).
For more information about ESAFS 2024, please visit: esafs2024.tnu.edu.vn
Inquiry:
Prof. Nguyen The Hung,
Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry,
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December 5th is World Soil Day.
Another video for celebrating World Soil Day 2022 from Malaysia.
For celebrating World Soil Day 2022, Prof. Zeng-Yei HSEU and his students, National Taiwan University, made a video to add to the WSD event.
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ESAFS2022:
ESAFS Newsletter for 2022 has been uploaded.
15th International Conference of the East and Southeast Asia Federation of Soil Science Societies was successfully held in Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on August 22-26, 2022. The conference was organized by the Malaysian Society of Soil Science (MSSS) in collaboration with the Institute of Biological Sciences (ISB), Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya (UM).
The theme of the conference was 'Our Soils Our Future'.
Keynote Speakers:
1. Dato’ Haslina Binti Abdul Hamid
Secretary General, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries, Malaysia
2. Dr. Shamshuddin Jusop
MSSS Fellow
3.Professor Kazuyuki Inubushi
Professor in Tokyo University of Agriculture
4.Prof. Dr. Ir. Dian Fiantis
Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Andalas Padang
Opening and Closing Remarks
1.Prof Laura Bertha Reyes Sanchez
President IUSS
2. Prof Takashi Kosaki
Past President IUSS
3. Mr Ronald Vargas (virtual presentation)
Secretary of the Global Soil Partnership, Land and Water Officer (FAO)
Sessions
14 ESAFS Country Member Reports, 50 Research Papers by Oral and 59 Research Papers by Poster were presented.
ESAFS Award
Prof. Dr. Shamshuddin Jusop was elected as the recipient of 8th ESAFS Award 2022.
Business Meeting
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