Soil Judging Contest

Hosted by:
Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
Brazilian Soil Science Society (SBCS)

Supported by:
International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Soils (EMBRAPA)

Partners:
Coming soon…

Organizing team:
Fabrício de Araújo Pedron (UFSM, Brazil) – fapedron@ufsm.br
Marcos Gervásio Pereira (UFRRJ, Brazil) – mgervasiopereira01@gmail.com
Ademir Fontana (EMBRAPA, Brazil) – ademir.fontana@embrapa.br
Helena Saraiva Koenow Pinheiro (UFRRJ, Brazil) – lenask@gmail.com
Ricardo Simão Diniz Dalmolin (UFSM, Brazil) – dalmolin@ufsm.br
Alessandro Samuel-Rosa (UTFPR, Brazil) – alessandrorosa@utfpr.edu.br
Yuri Gelsleichter (UFRRJ, Brazil) – yuriplanta@gmail.com
Lúcia Helena Cunha dos Anjos (UFRRJ, Brazil) – lanjos@ufrrj.br
Erika Michéli (Szent István University, Hungary) – micheli.erika@mkk.szie.hu
Maxine Levin (SSSA, USA) – mjl8506@hotmail.com

Venue:
Campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil, about 80 km north-west of Rio de Janeiro.

Accomodations:
The official hotel will be Tulip Inn Itaguaí, City of Itaguaí, RJ (Rodovia Rio-Santos, km 398 - http://www.tulipinnitaguai.com). We advise the participants to book the hotel using the following email: reservas.tiitaguai@goldentulip.com.br. Do not forget to mention that you are going to participate in the 3^rd International Soil Judging Contest (to get the discount price). The accommodation costs are not included in the registration and must be paid by the participants.

Participants:
90 (organizers and competitors).

Participant eligibility:
Full time undergraduate or graduate students enrolled before the contest in 2018.

Team composition:
One coach and four students (undergraduate students are preferred and encouraged).

Entrance fee:
Free.

Registration:
All the students, coaches and even the volunteers must be registered for 21WCSS.

Awards:
Individual, team event and overall.

Transportation:
The transfer from the hotel to the contest site will be provided.

Food:
Lunches and snacks will be provided by the organizers.

Contest equipment:
All the individual equipment needed for soil judging, such as: soil knife, water bottle, color chart, clinometer, etc., must be provided by competitors as only limited number can be supplied by the organizers. No communication-capable devices will be allowed during the contest. More information will be available soon.

Dates:
August 8 (Wed.) – 11 (Sat.), 2018.

More information:
3rd ISJC Detailed program
3rd ISJC Handbook
3rd ISJC Environmental data - Seropédica RJ
3rd ISJC Scoresheet
Team list

More information:
Please, contact by the e-mail: fapedron@ufsm.br