First International Conference
Rocks for Crops

Abstracts

Brasilia and Patos de Minas, Brazil, November 7-14th, 2004

Some thoughts from rocks for crops conference, Brasilia, November 2004 - Willian S. Fyfe

Farming with Rocks and Minerals: Challenges and Opportunities - Peter van Straaten

Sustainable Farming with Native Rocks - Othon H. Leonardos & Suzi H. Theodoro

Agrogeology in South Africa: Initiatives for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihoods - Nellie Mutemeri and Nelton Mabuza

CYTED XIII-2 Project: Fertilizers and Soil Amendments of Mineral Origin - Roberto Sarudiansky

Regionalização da rochagem no Brasil fontes minerais e culturas - Adoniel Amparo

Rochagem no Brasil: regulamentação - Paulo Antônio D’Andréa

Use of Dam Reservoir Sediments as Fertilizers and Against Coastal Erosion - Fernando J.A.S. Barriga, Rita Fonseca, W.S. Fyfe

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Reservoir Sediments and their Use in Agriculture - Rita. Fonseca, Fernando J. A. S. Barriga, W.S. Fyfe

The Prospect of Agrogeology Development in Indonesia - Kharisun & Rubijanto Misman

The application of silting to create environmental geoindicators in urban areas: example on alto tietê basin, São Paulo state, Brazil - Fernando Campagnoli

The Use of Rocks to Improve Family Agriculture in Brazil - Suzi Huff Theodoro & Othon Henry Leonardos

Rocks and clay minerals from the green-tuff formation over landslide areas in Japan are beneficial for rice nutrition - Kazue Tazaki

Potential of East African Phosphate Rock Desposits in Integrated Nutrient Management Strategies - Bashir Jama, Paul Smithson, Peter van Straaten, Robert Delve and Roland Buresh

The improvement of desertificated soil by the mixture of coal ash, sewage sludge and reservoir sediments: A case study from the Baotou Region, Inner Mongolia, China - Junfeng Shen, Shengrong Li, Daisheng Sun, Zhen Li

Solubilization of phosphate rock by micro-organisms: Current research and outlook - Kim D. Schneider and Peter van Straaten

Phyto-mining of phosphate rocks in organically managed soils - Melissa M Arcand, Derek Lynch and Peter van Straaten

Crescimento inicial de prunus sellowii koehne e mimosa scabrella benth, em viveiro, com o uso de diferentes substratos, adubações e farinha de rocha basáltica - Knapik, Juliane Garcia, Ângelo, Alessandro Camargo

Soils survey and agricultural capability in Fruta D’Anta settlement project, Minas Gerais state, Brazil - Marcus Manoel Fernandes, Antônio Francisco Sá e Melo Marques, Amaury de Carvalho-Filho, Raimundo da Costa Lemos

Community greenhouses in rurals settlements: integrating production and conservation in search of an agroecology mode - Eduardo Lyra Rocha & Suzi Huff Theodoro

The use rocks: an eco-technology capable of improving the sustainability of quilombolas communities - Kleysson Garrido Rego, Suzi Huff Theodoro & Lúcia Lopes

List of Participants