An “International Webinar on Soil Spectroscopy- An Emerging Technique for Rapid Soil Health Assessment” was organized using online zoom webinar platform on 1st October 2020. The webinar was jointly organized by ICAR– Indian Institute of Soil Science (IISS), Bhopal and World Agroforestry (ICRAF).

More than 2000 participants from various countries registered for the webinar and 885 participants representing 28 countries with scientific/educational background from private & public research institutions across the globe actively attended the Webinar. The participation was largely from Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, India, Kenya, Japan, Libya, Magnolia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, S. Korea, Sri Lanka, Spain, Thailand, UK, USA, Vietnam. Besides, members of Inter-Governmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), FAO, Global Soil Laboratory Network, South East Asia Laboratory Network (SEALNET), and representatives from SAARC Agriculture Centre also participated.