Provisional Agenda
Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM), Task Team on
Nutrient Performance Indicators and Nutrient Use Efficiency
meeting
Date: December 8th-9th, 2014
Venue: US Department of Agriculture, South Building, Room 3109, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC (hosted by USDA)
Objectives:
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
Author a science-based zero-draft document on nutrient use efficiency and associated
indicators
Develop mutual agreement as an official and consensual position of GPNM
Day and Time
Topic/Item
Dec 8th
Day 1 GPNM Task Team on Nutrient Performance Indicators and
Nutrient Use Efficiency
13:00 – 13:15
Arrival of participants
All
13:15 – 13:30
Opening: Welcome and introductions
USDA, Task Team
Chair & UNEP
13:30 -13:45
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Review Task Team’s background and Minutes from July 31,
2014 conference
Terry Roberts, Task
Team Chair
13:45 – 14:00

UNEP’s view on performance indicators and nutrient use
efficiency
Vincent Sweeney, GPA
14:00 – 14:15

The Task Team’s charge to develop NUE parameters and
performance indicators and time lines
Greg Crosby, GPNM
Chair
14: 15 -15:00
15:00 – 16:00
Presenter
Tea/Coffee break
Related initiatives:
 EU Nitrogen Expert Panel

SDSN’s goals
Christian Pallière,
Fertilizers Europe
Achim Dobermann,
Rothamsted Research
(via conference call)
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16:00 – 17:00
17:00
19:00
Dec 9th
9:00– 10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30-12:00
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00
14:00

Industry’s approach and recommendations
End of day
Group dinner
Day 2 GPNM Task Team on Nutrient Performance Indicators and
Nutrient Use Efficiency meeting
 Round table discussion on the way forward
Tea/Coffee break
 Round table discussion on the way forward (continued)
Lunch break
Develop draft of recommendation for GPNM
Adjourn
Rob Norton, IPNI
Secretariat
Secretariat
All
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