Welcome to the ISTRO website
On this site you will find information about the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO), which focusses on the impact and consequences of various soil tillage (including no-till) practices and from field traffic. More information about the organisation itself can be found on the organisation page.
Activities organised by ISTRO and other organisations concerning soil tillage can be found on the activities page.
Further information about recent publications are found on the publications page.
ISTRO info March 2021
- Published: 09 March 2021 09 March 2021
March 8th 2021 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the March 2021 issue, is available for download. In this issue:
- Welcome Alvaro, goodbye Loraine
- ISTRO Board election results
- ISTRO 2022 conference update
- The Bulgarian ISTRO branch
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books
The 2021 ballot for ISTRO board positions closed on January 31st 2021. The number of votes received was 67, and the result of the election for the open ISTRO Board positions are as follows: elected as board members were Rachel M.L. Guimaraes, Brazil; Joséphine Peigné, France and Ying Zhao, China. The election also confirmed that Joshua O. Olaoye, Nigeria, takes over as President-elect and that José Dörner, Chile, takes over as Assistant Secretary General.
The new ISTRO Board after the coming General Assembly will be:
- President: Mark Reiter, USA
- President-elect: Joshua O. Olaoye, Nigeria
- General Secretary: Lars J. Munkholm, Denmark
- Assistant Secretary General: José Dörner, Chile
- Treasurer: Stephen A. Prior, USA
General Board members:
- Danijel Jug, Croatia
- Guillermo Siri-Prieto, Uruguay
- Rachel M.L. Guimaraes, Brazil
- Joséphine Peigné, France
- Professor Ying Zhao, China
ISTRO INFO December 2020
- Published: 07 December 2020 07 December 2020
December 7th 2020 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the December 2020 issue, is available for download. In this issue:
- ISTRO Board election - reminder
- ISTRO 2021 conference
- Reflection on the Soil & Tillage Research Virtual Special Issue
- 1st ISTRO Working Group – Conservation Soil Tillage Workshop
- New PhD graduate awarded a 3-year ISTRO membership
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books
1st ISTRO Working Group – Conservation Soil Tillage (WG-CST) Workshop was held 8th–9th September, 2020, Osijek, Croatia. Host institutions were CROSTRO (Croatian branch of ISTRO), Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek (as host institution) and OLMIX group. Since the WG-CST has main intention to discuss and gathering basic knowledge about the current situation in science and professional work in ISTRO main interest areas the 1st Workshop was organized as a two days meeting.
The first day of the 1st ISTRO WG-CST Workshop was organized as a round table with oral presentations and discussions, while the second day was organized as a field trip. The next meeting is planned for end of June next year (in 2021 - prior to main ISTRO Conference in Dublin) if allowed by the COVID-19 situation (exact dates and location will be setup in due time).
More details in the ISTRO INFO issue. (Photo: WG-CST round table discussion - by Danijel Jug)
ISTRO info August 2020
- Published: 26 August 2020 26 August 2020
April 30th 2020 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the August 2020 issue, is available for download.
In this issue:
- ISTRO 2021 conference
- Nominations for President-elect
- Nominations for Assistant Secretary General
- Nominations for Board positions
- New special issue on terrain-machine Interactions
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books
In this issue special, and repeated, attention for the nomintions for President Elect, Assistant Secretary General and Board positions; those interested in holding the 24th conference in 2027 should nominate for ISTRO President-elect (and thus serve on the ISTRO board). In the first instance, they should contact Secretary-General Blair McKenzie (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Assistant Secretary-General Lars J. Munkholm (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) on or before September 1st, 2020, to discuss their interest.
The Assistant Secretary General position will be vacant after the 2021 conference in Dublin where Lars J. Munkholm will take over from Blair McKenzie as Secretary General.
Nominations for minimum two and maximum four Board positions of 6 years and are now being accepted from all ISTRO members in good standing. We aim at a good geographical spread and a gender balance. The current ISTRO Board has a good geographical spread but a very poor gender balance (all members are male). Therefore, we strongly encourage our female members to consider this opportunity.
More details in the newsletter.