CONFERENCE AWARDS BY THE SSSSA, 2023

  • Best paper presented by a SSSSA member older than 30 years: SELECTED SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN SOIL-PLANT SYSTEMS AMENDED WITH BIOSOLIDS. Tesfamariam, E.H., Ngoetjana, M.P. & Okonkwo, O.J.
  • Best paper presented by a SSSSA member younger than 30 years on the day of presentation: DEVELOPMENT OF SOIL SPECTROSCOPY PREDICTION MODELS FOR SOIL PROPERTIES USED IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE, NORTH WEST PROVINCE. Kock, A. & van Zijl, G.M.
  • Best paper on new technologies: WATER RESEARCH OBSERVATORY: A CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM FOR AGROHYDROLOGICAL MODELLING AND BIG DATA APPLICATIONS. Van der Laan, M., Silberbauer, M., Schutte, C., Maseko, S., Viviers, C., Thomson, A., Khoboko, P., le Roux, J., Mudaly, L., Weepener, H., Mabhaudhi, T., Hoogenboom G., Srinivasan, R.
  • Best poster presentation by a SSSSA member on any soil science subject and author of any age: EXPLORING THE POOR UPTAKE OF NEW AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. Wessels, C.H., Anderson, J.J. & van Niekerk, J.A.

 

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