Jorge Batlle-Sales, elected president of the International Network on Salt-Affected Soils (INSAS)

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  • April 19th, 2021
 
Jorge Batlle
Jorge Batlle

The professor Jorge Batlle-Sales, from the Departament of Vegetable Biology of the Universitat de València, has been appointed president of the International Network on Salt-Affected Soils (INSAS), formed within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The International Network on Salt-Affected Soils (INSAS), launched during the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture's (ICBA) first Global Forum on Innovations for Marginal Environments, aims to facilitate the sustainable and productive use of salt-affected soils for the current and future generations.

The mission of INSAS is to support and facilitate joint efforts towards the sustainable management of salt-affected soils for food security, agricultural sustainability and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Link to the INSAS description here.

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