2nd International Conference on Arid Land Studies

The 2nd International Conference on Arid Land Studies (ICAL2) will be held September 10-12, 2014 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. This conference builds on the outcomes from International Forum on Desert Technology X and First International Conference on Arid Land Studies (ICAL1), sponsored by the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies (JAALS).

The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan are collaborating with the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in organizing ICAL2 on 'Innovations for Sustainability and Food Security in Arid and Semi-arid Lands'.