Event Dates


25 Jul 2022
29 Jul 2022
Add to Calendar 20220725T0800 20220729T1300 Grassland Society of Southern Africa

Best Presentation - Portia Phohlo | Excessive nitrogen fertilization is a limitation to herbage yield and nitrogen use efficiency of dairy pastures in South Africa

Best Presentation by a Young Scientist Likhona Cele | The use of interseeded cover crop species to improve the yield and nutritional quality of natural veld and planted pastures for ruminant livestock production

Norman Rethman Planted Pastures Award - Charné Viljoen | More benefits in kikuyu-ryegrass pastures from using lower nitrogen fertiliser rates

Best Research Proposal Poster - Jamie Paulse | The comparative effects of short duration, high density grazing and conventional, rotational grazing on different soil and vegetation parameters in the dry and mesic grasslands of South Africa

Best Poster - Lisa Matthews | Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in crop systems containing a pasture-livestock phase vs cash crop only rotation systems

Most prolific online adjudicator - Donna Berjak


Other awards:

Best Paper in the AJRFS in 2021 - Zander Venter, Heidi-Jayne Hawkins and Michael Cramer | Does defoliation frequency and severity influence plant productivity? The role of grazing management and soil nutrients

GSSA Prestige Award - Prof Nico Smit and Prof Tim O'Connor

GSSA Honorary Membership Award - Dr Ed Granger



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Aldam Holiday Resort & Conference Centre Grassland Society of Southern Africa info@grassland.org.za

Accommodation @ Aldam Resort

This year delegates should book their accommodation through the GSSA. Please view the accommodation rates here

Single accommodation is limited and units will be reserved upon receipt of payment on a first come first served basis. This could mean that a delegate may end up sharing, eventhough he/she initially booked single accommodation, if all the single units have been allocated to delegates who paid early. If your organisation pays later, please check for the availability of single accommodation before requesting an invoice or making payment.

Sharing accommodation. Units will be reserved upon receipt of payment on a first come first served basis. If you want to share with a specific delegate / group, please register as a group and send an email to info@grassland.org.za with full details for each delegate in your group.

Options:

  • Luxury 2 sleeper - SINGLE
  • Luxury 4 sleeper - SINGLE / SHARING
  • Standard 4 or 6 sleeper - SHARING
  • Conference rooms sleep 4 each - SHARING
  • Camping (only for the very brave)

Please visit the Aldam Holiday Resort & Conference Centre website for more information.


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