The Africa Soil Science Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 following a meeting of African soil scientists who attended the World Soil congress in Hamburg (Germany). ASSS has successfully organized  four International Conferences : Kampala (Uganda, 1988), Cairo (Egypt, 1990), Ibadan (Nigeria, 1994) and most recently Accra (Ghana, 2007). With more than 150 participants from all over the world, the fourth conference of the ASSS was deemed a success.

The 5th ASSS Conference has been held on 22-28 November 2009 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The revised statutes and byelaws have been adopted by the General Assembly and a new Executive Bureau elected. Please find the final communiqué of the conference. More detail information on the outcomes of the conference will be available very soon.

A 2010 Calendar on Soils of Africa has been produced by JRC in collaboration with ASSS, FAO and ISRIC. Feel free to download this Calendar.

The conference detailed schedule can be found here

Please download the 2nd announcement for more detail information

International  Conference on Soil Fertility and Soil Productivity, Two Features to be Distinguished - Differences of Efficiency of Soils for Land Uses, Expenditures and Returns' of IUSS-Division 3 - Soil Use and Management; Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany in 2010.  Download the conference invitation or look at the conference home page: http://www.uni-due.de//soil-fertility-productivity2010/index.shtml for more information