report of the third meeting of the latin american soil ...mr. filippo benedetti (gsp secretariat)...

LATSOLAN-III/20/Report

Report of the Third meeting of the Latin

American Soil Laboratory Network

(LATSOLAN)

Virtual meeting, 14 – 16 October 2020

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LATSOLAN-III/20/Report

Report of the Third meeting of the Latin America Soil

Laboratory Network (LATSOLAN)

Virtual meeting, 14 - 16 October 2020

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2020

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The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication

do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food

and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of

any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the

delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 5

2. Highlights and conclusions .................................................................................................................. 5

2.1. Downscaling GLOSOLAN activities: NASOLANs establishment .................................................... 5

2.2. Laboratory equipment purchasing, use and maintenance .......................................................... 7

2.3. Internal and external quality control .......................................................................................... 8

3. Position of LATSOLAN in GLOSOLAN ................................................................................................... 9

4. Venue and time of the next meeting ................................................................................................ 11

Annex I. Agenda ........................................................................................................................................ 14

Annex II. List of participants ...................................................................................................................... 18

Annex III. Survey on the procurement of laboratory equipment .............................................................. 27

Annex IV. Survey on the action taken by soil laboratories after participating in a proficiency test .......... 32

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1. Introduction

Due to Covid-19, the second meeting of the Latin America Soil Laboratory Network (LATSOLAN) was organized on the Zoom Video Communications© platform. The meeting was held in Spanish and lasted four hours per day from 14 to 16 October 2020 (see the agenda in Annex I). It was attended by two hundred forty-eight participants from nineteen countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela). See the list of participants in Annex II.

The meeting was opened by Ms. Floria Bertsch, LATSOLAN Chair, and by Mr. Ronald Vargas, GSP Secretary, FAO. Ms. Bertsch recalled the objectives of the meeting: (i) to inform Latin American countries on GLOSOLAN progresses and activities, including the establishment of National Soil Laboratory Networks, (ii) to train soil laboratories in internal and external quality control, and in equipment purchasing, use and maintenance, and (iii) to define the position of LATSOLAN in GLOSOLAN. Mr. Vargas stressed the key role of soil laboratories in the production of reliable data to support decision making, produce maps and define sustainable soil management strategies. Still, the importance of exchanging experiences and cooperation was mentioned in relation to the establishment of National Soil Laboratory Networks, the ultimate organizational level of GLOSOLAN which aims to support and facilitate the implementation of activities at the local level. Ms. Rosa Cuevas, former coordinator of LATSOLAN at the GSP Secretariat, FAO, welcomed the participants one last time while recalling the main achievements of the network since its establishment. Ultimately, Ms. Lucrezia Caon, new LATSOLAN coordinator at the GSP Secretariat, FAO, did the endorsement of the agenda and officially opened the meeting.

2. Highlights and conclusions

Due to the large number of participants from laboratories new to GLOSOLAN and LATSOLAN, the first day of the meeting was dedicated to getting to know each other, recalling the history behind the establishment of GLOSOLAN and LATSOLAN with a focus on the work done by the networks over the years, and informing the participants about GLOSOLAN’s activities in 2019-2020. Thereafter, the technical sessions started.

2.1. Downscaling GLOSOLAN activities: NASOLANs establishment

Mr. Filippo Benedetti (GSP Secretariat) recalled the importance of implementing GLOSOLAN activities at the local level. In this regard, he presented the GLOSOLAN work plan on the establishment of National Soil Laboratory Networks (NASOLANs). Establishing NASOLANs is important to:

1. Allow all soil laboratories from in a country to interact with each other, overcome common challenges and help each other to build their capacity in soil analysis

2. Promote processes of harmonization in soil analysis at national level; 3. Facilitate the transfer of knowledge acquired by the laboratories participating in GLOSOLAN

activities at the national level. Indeed, laboratories benefitting from GLOSOLAN training should transfer the knowledge acquired to other laboratories in their country. This process is also critical to overcome language and cultural barriers.

In order to support countries in establishing their NASOLAN, GLOSOLAN is preparing Terms of Reference defining the tasks of the network and guidelines on how the networks can be established. The draft version of these documents has been sent to all GLOSOLAN members for review and will be endorsed at the fourth

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GLOSOLAN meeting on 11-13 November 2020. Please note that national reference laboratories play a key role in the establishment of national networks and in the implementation of NASOLAN work plans (see the Terms of Reference of soil laboratories in GLOSOLAN).

In addition, the GSP secretariat is investing in the creation of NASOLAN webpages (one per country) which

will report the following information:

• Status of the establishment of the network. Established/under establishment/not established

• Name of the network and number of members in the network

• Brief history of the network with a focus on the steps taken by the laboratories to establish it, the

obstacles faced and potential supporters.

• Information on the activities implemented and meetings organized by the network. In this section,

meetings material and outcome documents of the activities implemented by the NASOLAN will be

published.

• Main needs and challenges of the network

• Main needs and challenges of the laboratories in the network

• Information on the National Reference Laboratory

• Information on the soil laboratories belonging to the NASOLAN

The NASOLAN webpages provide multiple advantages:

- They increase the visibility of the national network at national, regional and global level;

- They ensure that all soil laboratories have access to their NASOLAN information;

- They allow projects and initiatives to connect with NASOLAN and its members. In this regard, soil

laboratories can be easily contacted and involved in projects and initiatives independent of

GLOSOLAN and the GSP;

- They draw the attention of donors to the needs of the NASOLAN and its soil laboratories.

To support the discussion, countries that have already established or are currently establishing their NASOLANs, such as Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica and Uruguay presented their experiences.

The main obstacles to the establishment of NASOLANs in the Latin American region are related to:

- Communication challenges: especially in countries with laboratories far apart, where the exchange of soil samples and the organization of trainings and meetings can be an issue. This obstacle is less severe when different laboratories are involved in a single monitoring system, or cooperate in a joint research or policy-support activity – which requires that results are comparable. Small countries with few laboratories could cooperate with networks from neighboring countries, especially in the organization of proficiency tests, which requires a minimum number of participating laboratories to carry out reliable statistical analysis.

- Wide variety of reagent and equipment suppliers: this represents an issue for the harmonization of methods and data between different laboratories operating in the same country, and may compromise the organization and success of proficiency tests, even on a national scale.

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To overcome this problem, laboratories are trying to agree on the type of equipment and methods to be used to carry out soil analysis, also in accordance with the SOP harmonized by GLOSOLAN.

- Availability of financial resources: financial resources are needed to keep a network of laboratories alive. This is one of the reasons why GLOSOLAN is investing in the creation of NASOLAN’s webpages, to bring the needs and challenges of NASOLAN to the attention of donors.

- Develop an adequate work plan: in some cases, the implementation of NASOLAN activities leads to an increased workload for the member laboratories and for the National Reference Laboratory in particular. Therefore, at NASOLAN meetings it is necessary to develop a feasible work plan in terms of human and financial resources.

2.2. Laboratory equipment purchasing, use and maintenance

Ms. Caon opened the training session on soil laboratory equipment by presenting GLOSOLAN’s good practices on purchasing and operating laboratory equipment (Spanish version available here). Ms. Caon reported that laboratories receiving equipment by GLOSOLAN in 2020 (i) know what they want but do not know how to request it, (ii) have provided rather vague or incomplete technical specifications, and (iii) do not know what to put as quality control criteria. In this regard, she presented some guidelines and principles to be applied in procurement. The responses of the participants in the survey on procurement (see Annex III) were included in Ms. Caon’s presentation and helped to open the discussion on the topic.

The participants pointed out that good practices on purchasing laboratory equipment are not always implementable because:

- University laboratories: they have limited financial resources, so that equipment and consumables are purchased on the basis of projects granted to the University. Nevertheless, equipment purchased on the basis of projects must remain within the project budget so its quality is not always the best. The majority of laboratory staff also work on a project basis, so that their presence in the laboratory is not constant;

- Government laboratories: they cannot rely on a regular budget, so they purchase large quantities of equipment and reagents as soon as they receive financial support from the government. LATSOLAN proposed to the GLOSOLAN coordinator to contact the GSP national focal points and ask them to lobby with their governments to provide financial resources to governmental laboratories for the maintenance, purchase and operation of laboratory equipment. National focal points should be invited to lobby for the endorsement of simplified procedures for the entry of laboratory equipment into the country.

- Maintenance is very expensive for some equipment and specialized personnel is often lacking. On this point, LATSOLAN suggested including in the technical specifications that vendors need to support the groups and forum for discussion and technical support established by the countries. In this regard, user networks for similar equipment can be established. Nevertheless, the proposal to record vendors who install and operate laboratory equipment was made. This would help laboratories to self-install, operate and provide basic maintenance of equipment themselves.

Ms. Estefania Perez-Fernadez and Mr. Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez from BUCHI Labortechnik AG, Switzerland closed the training session by talking about equipment installation, use and maintenance. Their intervention was particularly appreciated by the participants who asked if the trainers could be contacted



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by email for further advice. Ms. Caon undertook to collect the participants’ questions and send them to the trainers for feedback.

2.3. Internal and external quality control

Internal quality control

Ms. Miriam Ostinelli (INTA, Argentina) recalled the importance of quality control (QC) in soil laboratories, linking it to the results of the survey on QC conducted in 2019 among LATSOLAN members. Thereafter, Ms. Ostinelli listed possible direct and indirect sources of errors in laboratory procedures and provided guidelines on how internal QC should be conducted, from calibration of laboratory equipment to reagent control and registration of laboratory results. Table 1 reports the main steps to be followed in internal (and external) quality control.

Table 1. Main steps to follow in internal and external quality control

Quality control

Internal External

• Documentation • Documentation

• Assay control (Standard Sample - MR soil)

• Use of CRM (soil and ref. Solutions)

• Verification and calibration of different equipment (Use of Standard Substances, reference solutions and distilled water of specified quality)

• External calibration (mass, volume or other equipment)

• Verification -or calibration- of the mass magnitude (use of weights as MR) and volume calibration (use of balance and calibrated thermometer)

• EA (PT) or other interlaboratory comparisons.

• Assay control (Use of reagent blanks)

• Assay control (Use of replicas and samples from previous runs)

HR trained and committed to carry out the control, analyze the results and define the strategies that allow solving the problems that arise or improving performance

Use of long-term monitoring and control tools

Establishment of Acceptance / Rejection limits based on information from the validation of the methods, the characteristics of the MR, the calibration of the equipment. Limits based on statistical

and agronomic criteria.

Software control

• Internal audit • 3rd party audit (external)

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• Correlation of results for different characteristics of the same sample

External quality control

The session on external quality control was moderated by Ms. Bertsch and Mr. Christian Hartmann (IRD France).

Mr. Hartmann presented the outcomes of GLOSOLAN PT 2019 and stressed the importance of organizing such exercises at regional and national level. This is also linked to the current impossibility of GLOSOLAN to send soil samples to all its member laboratories. In this regard, GLOSOLAN encourages national reference laboratories to take the lead in organization of national PTs to allow all laboratories operating in their country (and in GLOSOLAN) to get tested.

Thereafter, the attention has turned to:

- the variation in the results obtained using the routine methods and LATSOLAN’s harmonized methods in LATSOLAN’s PT 2018. In this regard, Ms. Bertsch asked the participants to support the proposal to ask GLOSOLAN to ask laboratories for the results obtained using their routine methods and GLOSOLAN’s harmonized methods in future PTs. Following its endorsement, LATSOLAN will submit this proposal to GLOSOLAN in November 2020.

- the performance of laboratories that participated in the LATSOLAN PT 2018 and the GLOSOLAN PT 2019. In general, all the Latin American laboratories that participated in these PTs have obtained satisfactory results. Great attention was paid to the actions taken by the laboratories that participated in GLOSOLAN PT 2019 to improve their performance. Mr. Hartmann contributed to the discussion by providing general guidelines on how laboratories should react to the statistical analysis of the PT results they submitted. Ms. Ostinelli presented the results of a survey on actions taken after participating in a PT, which participants were invited to respond to prior to the meeting (see Annex IV).

3. Position of LATSOLAN in GLOSOLAN

Ms. Caon introduced the agenda of the Fourth GLOSOLAN meeting to the participants and asked for their opinion on:

- The GLOSOLAN SOPs should work towards harmonization in 2020-2021, which was followed by the

identification of regional leaders. The LATSOLAN SOPs will propose GLOSOLAN to work on in 2020-

2021 are reported in Table 2.

Table 2 - SOP to harmonize in 2021, proposed by LATSOLAN

Parameters and method Regional leaders (country)

Texture (pipette and Bouyoucos methods) • Miriam Ostinelli (Argentina)

• Daniel Carreira (Argentina)

• Marco Corrales Soto (Costa Rica)

• Adriana Margarita Piña Escalante (Mexico)

• Víctor García (Mexico)

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• Pamella McKenzie Jamaica

Bulk density (protocol MRV C)

• Miriam Ostinelli (Argentina)


• Víctor García (Mexico)

Soil moisture – gravimetric • Miriam Ostinelli (Argentina)


• Olga Gudelj (Argentina)

Acidity and exchangeable Aluminum with KCl 1 N

• Carlos Henríquez (Costa Rica)

• Maria Cristina Suarez (Dominical Republic)

• Berta Carrera Victor González (Panamá)

Exchangable bases (Ca, Mg, K, Na) and CEC, by ammonium acetate

• Rosalina Gonzalez (Colombia)

• Nuriángel Casanova (Venezuela)

Available micronutrients (Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni and Cd) – extraction using DTPA

• Jorge D. Etchevers Barra (Mexico)

• Braulio La Torre Martínez (Perú)

• Julio Cesar Castro Lazo (Perú)

Cd total


• Julio Cesar Castro Lazo (Perú)

• Marco Corrales Soto (Costa Rica)

• Armando Guerrero Peña (Mexico)

Boron and Sulfur in CaCl2 • Armando Guerrero Peña (Mexico)

• Miriam Ostinelli (Argentina)


Macro- and micronutrients (including S and B) for Mehlich III


• Carlos Henríquez (Costa Rica)

• Veda Obando Bustos (Costa Rica)

Moreover, LATSOLAN will propose to GLOSOLAN to review and endorse the SOPs only within the

working groups. This will also ensure that deadlines are met.

- The need to review the FAO Soils Bulletin 74 – “Guidelines for Quality Management in Soil and

Plant Laboratories”. Seventy-four per cent of the participants stated that they were not aware of

this document. The rest of the participants declared either to be aware of this document but not

to use it, or to be aware of it and use it. Overall, participants agreed on the need to update the

Bulletin.

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In conclusion, Ms. Caon asked participants to encourage other soil laboratories in their countries to join

the network, to maintain their country profile in the Soil Import Legislation Database (SIMPLE), and to

contribute to the creation and updating of their NASOLAN webpages. Moreover, she reminded participants

that anyone who is interested and has the capacity to prepare large amounts of homogeneous soil samples

could become a PT samples provider for GLOSOLAN. Participants were also requested to review the

material to be discussed and endorsed at the fourth GLOSOLAN meeting (11-13 November 2020), with

special attention to reviewing their country profiles as part of the “global assessment on soil laboratories

capacities and needs 2020”. Lastly, Ms. Caon reminded participants that the launch meeting of the

International Network on Fertilizers Analysis (INFA) will take place in December 2020. All laboratories

carrying out or wishing to carry out soil fertilizers analysis are invited to join this sub-network of GLOSOLAN

and contribute to the implementation of its work plan. Ms. Caon will soon send additional information on

this meeting by email. In the meantime, participants have been invited to complete a short survey on

fertilizers quality control procedures (available at https://forms.gle/EajVKzwz1GtaU8Th7) to gather

information for discussion at the launch meeting.

4. Governance

LATSOLAN agreed to review the governance of the network by email and to remit the decision on the 2021-2023 governance of LATSOLAN to the National Reference Laboratories. This decision was taken (1) to ensure a fair election that does not favor countries with a large number of laboratories registered in GLOSOLAN, and (2) to ensure that leading positions are taken by experts who are familiar with the network. The Steering Committee of LATSOLAN was tasked to make a proposal on the new governance of the network, taking into account the participation of the heads of National Reference Laboratories in LATSOLAN activities over the years and the time they could commit to the network. The proposal of the Steering Committee was as follows:

- LATSOLAN Chair : Ms. Miriam Ostinelli, Argentina - LATSOLAN Vice-Chair : Ms. Floria Bertsch, Costa Rica - Steering Committee :

o Mr. Daniel Carreira, Argentina o Mr. Daniel Vidal, Brazil o Ms. María Suárez, Dominican Republic o Ana Silbermann, Uruguay

Mr. Jorge Etchevers from Mexico will contribute to the work of the Steering Committee as advisor.

5. Venue and time of the next meeting

COVID-19 gave the opportunity to test new virtual meeting tools such as Zoom. Virtual meetings can engage many more laboratories, laboratory staff and countries than in-person meetings because there are no travel costs. Moreover, virtual meetings allow available financial resources to be allocated to other activities such as training, purchasing equipment to laboratories in need and improving laboratory facilities. On the other hand, virtual meetings do not allow for informal conversations and brainstorming sessions that can lead to more and better opportunities for cooperation between laboratories, institutions and countries.

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On this basis, the participants were invited to give their opinion on the organization of future LATSOLAN meetings. Fifty-three percent of the participants suggested alternating between in-person and virtual meetings. Forty-one per cent preferred to continue organizing LATSOLAN meetings online every year, while only six per cent of participants expressed their willingness to return to in-person meetings as soon as possible.

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Annex I. Agenda

Miércoles, 14 de octubre de 2020

3:00 – 3:20PM CEST Apertura, aprobación del orden del día y foto de grupo

Sra. Floria Bertsch, Presidente de LATSOLAN

Sr. Ronald Vargas, Secretario de la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo

Sra. Rosa Cuevas, Coordinadora de LATSOLAN por los años 2018-2020

Sra. Lucrezia Caon, Coordinadora de GLOSOLAN, Secretaría de la AMS

3:20- 4:45PM CEST Item 1. Presentación de participantes por país

5 minutos por país

- Argentina, Sra. Miriam Ostinelli y Sr. Daniel Carreira, Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos - INTA

- Bolivia, Sr. Henan Figueredo, Ministerio de Agricoltura - Brasil, Sr. Daniel Perez, EMBRAPA - Chile, Sra. María de los Ángeles Sepúlveda, Lab. Análisis Químico de

Suelos y Plantas - Colombia, Sra. Vivian Álvarez, Laboratorio Nacional de Suelos /

IGAC - Costa Rica, Sr. Carlos Henríquez, Laboratorio de Suelos y Foliares

del Centro de Investigaciones Agronómicas (CIA) de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)

- Cuba, Sr. Guillermo Enrique Mora Yero, Suelos Camagüey Instituto de Suelos, Ministerio de la Agricultura

- Ecuador, Sr. Luis Cacuango, Laboratorio de Suelos, Foliares y Aguas - AGROCALIDAD

- El Salvador, Sra. Claudia Maria Lino, Laboratorio de Suelos/CENTA - Guatemala --- - Haiti ---- - Jamaica, Sr. Cawayne Bryan y Sta. Pamella McKenzie, Soil Health,

Plant Tissue and Water Laboratory - México, Sr. Armando Guerrero Peña, LASPA-CP - Nicaragua, Sr. Pedro Enrrique Muñoz Izaguirre, Laboratorio de

Suelos y Agua Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz - Panamá, Sr. Jhon Alexander Villalaz P., Laboratorio de Fertilidad de

suelos del Instituto de Investigación Agropecuario de Panamá - Paraguay, Sr. Higinio Moreno Resquin, Laboratorio de Suelo

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. UNA - Perú, Sr. Braulio La Torre Martínez, Laboratorio de Análisis de

Suelos, Plantas, Aguas y Fertilizantes-Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, y Sr. Julio Cesar Castro Lazo, PROSIP - Valle Grande

- República Dominicana, Sra. Maria Cristina Suarez, Laboratorio de Química de Suelos/Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (LABOSUELOS/UASD)

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- Uruguay, Sra. Ana V. Silbermann, Laboratorio Suelos DGRN-MGAP - Venezuela, Sra. Nuriángel Casanova, Laboratorio de Ecología de

Suelos, ambiente y agricultura

4:45 – 5:05PM CEST Item 2. Historia resumida de LATSOLAN - Red Regional de Laboratorios

del Suelo para América Latina


5:05 – 5:30PM CEST Item 3. Actualización de GLOSOLAN - Global Soil Laboratory Network

Sra. Lucrezia Caon, Coordinadora de GLOSOLAN

5:30 - 5:45PM CEST Intervalo

Sesión 1. Redes Nacionales de Laboratorios de Suelos

5:45 – 6:00 PM CEST Item 4. Establecimiento de las Redes Nacionales de Laboratorios del

Suelo (NASOLAN)

Sr. Filippo Benedetti, Secretaría de la AMS

6:00 – 7:00 PM CEST Item 5. Experiencias de Redes Nacionales

10 minutos para cada NASOLAN

Red Argentina de Laboratorios de Suelos

Sr. Daniel Carreira, Laboratorio del Instituto de Suelos CIRN-CNIA-INTA,

Argentina

Red Brasileña de Laboratorios de Suelo

Sr. Daniel Vidal Perez, Laboratorio de Analise de Agua, Solo e Planta (LASP),

Brazil

Red Panameña de Laboratorios de Suelo

Sr. Jhon Alexander Villalaz Perez, Laboratorio de Fertilidad de Suelo y Agua,

Panamá

Red de Costa Rica de Laboratorios de Suelo

Sra. Floria Bertsch, Laboratorio de Suelos y Foliares, Costa Rica

Red Uruguaya de Laboratorio de Suelo

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Sra. Ana V. Silbermann, Laboratorio de Suelos y Aguas de la Dirección General de

Recursos Naturales – MGAP, Uruguay

Moderador: Sr. Filippo Benedetti, Secretaría de la AMS

Jueves, 15 de octubre de 2020

Sesión 2: Compra, uso y mantenimiento de equipos

3:00 – 3:20 PM CEST Item 6. Buenas prácticas en la compra y operación de equipos de

laboratorio

Sra. Lucrezia Caon, Coordinadora de GLOSOLAN, AMS

3:20- 5:10 PM CEST Item 7. Instalación de equipos, uso y mantenimiento – buenas prácticas

Sra. Estefania Pérez-Fernadez, Sra. Jessical Oliver y Sr. Leonardo Ramírez-

López,

BUCHI Labortechnik AG, Suiza

5:10-5:30 PM CEST Item 8. Adquisición de equipos de laboratorio

- Presentación de los resultados de la encuesta

- Experiencia de GLOSOLAN en adquisiciones

Sra. Lucrezia Caon, Coordinadora de GLOSOLAN, AMS

5:30-5:45AM CEST Intervalo

Sesión 3: Control interno de la calidad

5:45-7:00PM CEST

Item 9. Formación sobre control interno de calidad

- Resultados sobre la encuesta de control de calidad realizada en el Taller 2019

Sra. Miriam Ostinelli, Argentina

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Viernes, 16 de octubre de 2020

Sesión 4: Control de calidad externo

3:00 – 3:45 PM CEST Item 10. Comparación de PT LATSOLAN 2018: datos armonizados

contra datos propios


3:45 - 4:20 PM CEST Item 11. Desempeño de LATSOLAN en el PT de GLOSOLAN 2019

Sr. Christian Hartmann, Coordinador PT 2019

4:20 – 5:00 PM CEST Item 12. Comparación del rendimiento de los laboratorios de

LATSOLAN entre el PT 2018 y el PT 2019


5:00 - 5:30PM CEST Item 13. Presentación de los resultados de la encuesta sobre cómo

tomar medidas después de participar en un PT

Sra. Miriam Ostinelli, Argentina

5:30-5:45PM CEST Intervalo

Sesión 5: Sesión de toma de decisiones

5:45 – 7:00PM CEST

Posición LATSOLAN en GLOSOLAN - Incluir la propuesta de que se analice siempre con métodos propios y

armonizados y a futuro se analice la comparación de ambos.

- Decisión sobre los SOP de armonizar en 2021 e identificación de los líderes regionales

- Dictamen sobre la necesidad de actualizar el Boletín 74 de Suelos de la FAO – "Directrices para la gestión de la calidad en los laboratorios de suelos y plantas"

- Elección del nuevo Presidente y Vicepresidente y Grupo Directivo

Moderadores: Sra. Lucrezia Caon, FAO y Sr. Filippo Benedetti, Secretaria de

AMS

7:00 PM CEST

Clausura de la reunión



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Annex II. List of participants

Name and last name Laboratory / Institution Country

Ailén Soto Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos-INTA Argentina

Alberto López Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos-INTA Argentina

Alejandra S. Bernárdez Laborario de suelo agua y vegetales EEA INTA, San Pedro. Argentina

Bárbara Eloísa Iwasita Suelo, Agua y Vegetal. (INTA-RILSAV – EEA Cerro Azul) Argentina

Bellanich Augusto Exequiel Laboratorio de Suelo y Agua Argentina

Cintia Tinture Torrado LASAV EEA Valle Inferior del Rio Negro Argentina

Claudio Lorenzon Laboratorio de química de suelos Argentina

Daniel Carreira Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos-INTA Argentina

Dunel Luciana INTA Hilario Ascasubi Argentina

Edgardo Agustín Devia Laboratorio de Suelo y Agua (RILSAV-EEA INTA Oliveros)-

Argentina Argentina

Emilio Abel Azar INTA EEA Santiago del Estero Laboratorio de suelos, agua y

vegetales Argentina

Esteban Julían Rubio Laboratorio de Sustratos y Aguas-INTA Argentina

Gabriel Ardit Laboratorio de suelos, agua y vegetal de la EEA Reconquista Argentina

Gabriel Escobar Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos-INTA Argentina

Hugo Lorenzini Laboratorio de suelos, agua y vegetal de la EEA Reconquista Argentina

Juan De Dios Herrero RILSAV EEA San Luis Argentina

Laura Martínez Laboratorio de Suelo, Agua y Material Vegetal de la Estación

Experimental Agropecuaria Mendoza del INTA Argentina

Leonardo Monzón Laboratorio de suelos, agua y vegetal de la EEA Reconquista Argentina

Lucas Torres Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos-INTA Argentina

Luciano Mieres Laboratorio de suelos, agua y vegetal de la EEA Reconquista Argentina

Luciano Sánchez Laboratorio de suelos, agua y vegetal de la EEA Reconquista Argentina

Manuela Tarabini Centro de Estudios ambientales Integrados - Universidad

Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco Argentina

María Cristina Sanabria Laboratorio de Suelos, Aguas y Vegetales. EEA INTA Corrientes Argentina

Maria Luján Masseroni Laboratorio de suelo y agua de la AER INTA 25 de Mayo Argentina

María Micaela Pérez Laboratorio de Suelo y Agua (RILSAV-EEA Anguil) Argentina

Maria Natalia Barnasthpol Suelo, Agua y Vegetal. (INTA-RILSAV – EEA Cerro Azul) Argentina

Miriam Ostinelli Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos - INTA Argentina

Mónica Alejandra Karlanián Laboratorio de Sustratos y Aguas-INTA Argentina

Mónica Mariana Pino Laboratorio de Suelo, Agua y Material Vegetal de la Estación

Experimental Agropecuaria Mendoza del INTA Argentina

Nanci Kloster Laboratorio de Suelo y Agua (RILSAV-EEA Anguil) Argentina

Nicolás Maciel Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos-INTA Argentina

Olga Gudelj Laboratorio de física de suelos Argentina

Roberto Simon Martinez LASAV EEA Valle Inferior del Rio Negro Argentina

Rolando Gustavo Aguirre Laboratorio de suelo, agua y vegetal - Área IPAF NEA - Formosa Argentina

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Roldán María Florencia INTA EEA Sáenz Peña Argentina

Rosa De Lima Holzmann Laboratorio de Suelos y Aguas - EEA Alto Valle Argentina

Sergio Quichan LASAV EEA Valle Inferior del Rio Negro Argentina

Soledad Muñoz Laborario de suelo agua y vegetales EEA INTA, San Pedro. Argentina

Teresita Kalemberg Laboratorio Instituto de Suelos-INTA Argentina

Vanesa Asencio Laboratorio de Suelos y Aguas - EEA Alto Valle Argentina

Daniel Perez Embrapa Brasil

Angelie Díaz Laboratorio Investigación Suelos Chile

Claudia Rivera Laboratorio Investigación Suelos Chile

María De Los Ángeles Sepúlveda Lab. Análisis Químico de Suelos y Plantas Chile

Andrea Del Pilar Sánchez CIAF/IGAC Colombia

Anyela Monsalve Laboratorio Nacional de Suelos / IGAC Colombia

Carlos Andrés Franco Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Información Geográfica

CIAF/IGAC Colombia

Claudia Ortiz Hernández Laboratorio Nacional de Suelos / IGAC Colombia

Daniel Ochoa Laboratorio Nacional de Suelos / IGAC Colombia

Jhon Jairo Yate Laboratorio Nacional de Suelos / IGAC Colombia

Laura Uribe Triana Laboratorio Tecnianalisis Colombia

Marco Antonio Ruiz Laboratorio Nacional de Suelos /IGAC Colombia

Nancy Leiva Laboratorio Nacional de Suelos / IGAC Colombia

Rosalina Gonzalez La Salle University Colombia

Vivian Álvarez Laboratorio Nacional de Suelos / IGAC Colombia

Alejandra Montenegro Agrotec Laboratorios Analíticos Costa Rica

Alejandro Ureña Sánchez INTA-MAG Costa Rica

Ana Isabel Mora PALMATICA Costa Rica

Ana Laura Sancho CORBANA Costa Rica

Andrés Navarro González Laboratorio Químico del ICAFE Costa Rica

Carlos Henríquez Laboratorio de Suelos y Foliares del Centro de Investigaciones

Agronómicas (CIA) de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR). Costa Rica

Diana Mora Campos UNA-INISEFOR Costa Rica

Eduardo González AGROANÁLISIS Costa Rica

Francisco Córdoba Laboratorio de Suelos y Foliares del Centro de Investigaciones

Agronómicas (CIA) de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) Costa Rica

Freddy Blanco Montero Laboratorio de Suelos y Foliares del Centro de Investigaciones


Héctor Morera F. PINDECO Costa Rica

Jeff Briceño AGQ Labs CR Costa Rica

Luis Emilio Pineda EARTH Costa Rica

Marco Corrales Soto INTA-MAG Costa Rica

María Fernanda Chacón AGROANÁLISIS Costa Rica

María Teresa López Maietta Laboratorio de Suelos, Foliares y Aguas de la Universidad

EARTH Costa Rica

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Marianela Blanco Morice Laboratorio de Suelos y Foliares del Centro de Investigaciones


Marianela Jiménez Jiménez Laboratorio de Suelos, Foliares y Aguas, Universidad EARTH Costa Rica

Michael González Laboratorio de Suelos y Foliares del Centro de Investigaciones

Agronómicas (CIA) de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR). Costa Rica

Parménides Furcal ITCR Costa Rica

Patricia Leandro Montoya Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza Costa Rica

Ricardo Noguera Peñaranda INTA Costa Rica

Roberto González Rojas Laboratorio Químico del ICAFE Costa Rica

Sergio Ramirez Amador INTA Costa Rica

Wilberth Rodríguez Laboratorio de Suelos y Foliares del Centro de Investigaciones


Yorleny Alpízar Montero Laboratorio Químico del ICAFE Costa Rica

Daily Hernández de Suelo de Matanzas

Azcuba Cuba

Dania Rodríguez Mestre Suelos Guantánamo Instituto de Suelos,

Ministerio de la Agricultura Cuba

Edel Toledo Rodríguez de Suelo de Villa Clara

Azcuba Cuba

Enma Pineda Ruiz de Suelo de Villa Clara

Azcuba Cuba

Guillermo Mora Yero Suelos Camagüey

Instituto de Suelos, Ministerio de la Agricultura Cuba

Idelaine Díaz Valdevida Suelos Camagüey


Janin Águila Pérez Sede Central INICA

Azcuba Cuba

María Isabel Sánchez Paz Suelos Camagüey


Marianela Cintra Arancibia Suelos Guantánamo Instituto de Suelos,


Marietta Díaz Guerra de Suelo de Matanzas

Azcuba Cuba

Mario De León Sede Central INICA

Azcuba Cuba

Milagros Lisandra Quintana Miranda

de Suelo de Matanzas Azcuba

Cuba

Olivia De Lourdes Rosales Torres de Suelo de Matanzas

Azcuba Cuba

Orialis Oramas Santos Sede Central INICA

Azcuba Cuba

Pablo Domingo Pablos Reyes de Suelo de Santiago de Cuba

Azcuba Cuba

Rafael Más Martínez de Suelo de Villa Clara

Azcuba Cuba

Ramón Blanco Alonso Laboratorio de suelos Estación Experimental de la Caña de

Jovellanos Cuba

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Ramón Blanco Alonso de Suelo de Matanzas

Azcuba Cuba

Ramón Lamadrid Mandado Universidad de Camagüey

(UC) Cuba

René Nivardo Barbosa de Suelo de Santiago de Cuba

Azcuba Cuba

Roberto González Balladares Suelos Guantánamo Instituto de Suelos,


Silvio Martínez Sáez Universidad de Camagüey

(UC) Cuba

Sonia Delmonte López Suelos Camagüey


Tamara Robles Wambrug Suelos Camagüey


Yasmany García López de Suelo de Matanzas

Azcuba Cuba

Yasmany García López Sede Central INICA

Azcuba Cuba

Yenima Pellón Guzmán de Suelo de Matanzas

Azcuba Cuba

Yoel López Rodríguez Suelos Camagüey


Yoenis Montero Ruiz Suelos Camagüey


Yosel Pérez Pérez de Suelo de Matanzas

Azcuba Cuba

Yuliet Rojas Elizalde de Suelo de Matanzas

Azcuba Cuba

Zenia González Giro Universidad de Camagüey

(UC) Cuba

Carbel Mejía Tejeda Laboratorio de Química de Suelos/Universidad Autónoma de

Santo Domingo (LABOSUELOS/UASD) Dominican Republic

Emilio Martínez Laboratorio Agroempresarial Dominicano (JAD) Dominican Republic

Glenny Lopez Centro Norte del Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones

Agropecuarias y Forestales-IDIAF - Laboratorio de Suelos Mata Larga

Dominican Republic

Maria Cristina Suarez

Representante Oficial

Laboratorio de Química de Suelos/Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (LABOSUELOS/UASD)

Dominican Republic

Melvin Mejía Laboratorio de Suelos y Aguas/Instituto Dominicano de

Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF) Dominican Republic

Socorro Garcia Pantaleon Laboratorio de Suelos Mata Larga Dominican Republic

Bolívar Aucatoma Centro de investigación de la caña de azúcar del Ecuador Ecuador

Karina Fajardo Centro de investigación de la caña de azúcar del Ecuador Ecuador

Luis Cacuango Laboratorio de Suelos, Foliares y Aguas - AGROCALIDAD Ecuador

Tanya Guillen Centro de investigación de la caña de azúcar del Ecuador Ecuador

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Yamil Everaldo Cartagena Ayala Laboratorio de Análisis de Suelos, Plantas y Aguas / INIAP -

Ecuador Ecuador

Ana Yaneth Valencia Laboratorio de Suelos/CENTA El Salvador

Claudia Maria Lino Laboratorio de Suelos/CENTA El Salvador

Sonia Leticia De Alegria Laboratorio de Suelos/CENTA El Salvador

Aníbal Sacbajá Salvador Castilo Orellana Guatemala

Celena Carías Salvador Castillo Orellana Guatemala

Edi Quan Salvador Castillo Orellana Guatemala

Norvin Ramos Salvador castillo Orellana Guatemala

Donald Joseph Laboratoire National de Sols (LBN) Haiti

Linda Thevenin Laboratoire National de Sols (LBN) Haiti

Marie Carmene Toussaint Laboratoire Faculte d’Agronomie Haiti

Pierre Marie Christine Melissa Laboratoire National de Sols (LBN) Haiti

Pierre Marie Darlie Laboratoire National de Sols (LBN) Haiti

Cawayne Bryan Soil Health, Plant Tissue and Water Laboratory Jamaica

Pamella Mckenzie Soil Health, Plant Tissue and Water Laboratory Jamaica

Aarón Jarquín Sánchez BioGeoQuÍmica/ECOSUR Mexico

Abel Cruz Montalvo Lab. de Química y Contaminación de suelos, aguas y plantas

Instituto de Ciencias Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Mexico

Abigail Castro Análisis Técnicos S.A de C.V Mexico

Adriana Margarita Piña Escalante

Departamento de Análisis de Materiales/INEGI Mexico

Alfredo Ogaz Suelos Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro Mexico

Alondra Lizeth Ortega Navarro Laboratorio de Nutrición Vegetal- Casa Cuervo Mexico

Ana V. Coria Téllez LADiPA/El Colegio de Michoacán Mexico

Armando Guerrero Peña LASPA-CP Mexico

Aurelio Báez Pérez Laboratorio Nacional de Fertilidad de suelos y nitrición

vegetal/INIFAP, Campo Experimental Bajío Mexico

Biól. Juan Manuel Alemán Gastelum

Quimialab/Química Internacional Aplicada S.A. Mexico

Cesar Calderón Fabián Lab. de Química y Contaminación de suelos, aguas y plantas


Mexico

Claudia Hidalgo Fertilidad de Suelos y Química Ambiental

Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo

Mexico

Eloy Camacho Díaz FYPA Mexico

Pedro Figueroa López Fertilizantes Tepeyac (laboratorio) Mexico

Maricarmen Salazar Ledesma Laboratorio de Edafología Ambiental/Instituto de Geología,

UNAM Mexico

Edgardo Federico Hernández Valdés

Laboratorio Agrícola Diagnosis SC Mexico

Esteban Sánchez Rodríguez LADiPA/El Colegio de Michoacán Mexico

Flor Elena Ortiz Cháirez Laboratorio de agua-suelo-planta/INIFAP Mexico

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Galdy Hernández Zárate Laboratorio de Agua-Suelo-Plantas (LASP) Mexico

Gerardo Torres Anguiano Laboratorio Agrícola Diagnosis SC Mexico

Héctor Estrada Medina

Laboratorio de Análisis de Suelos, Plantas y Agua (LASPA) Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia

Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Mexico

Hilda Rivas Solórzano Laboratorio de análisis de suelos y agua /UNAM-Campus

Morelia/CIGA Mexico

Bibiana Villegas Castillo FYPA Mexico

Ana Edith Islas Ramírez Análisis Técnicos S.A de C.V Mexico

Javier Antonio Sánchez Hernández

Análisis Técnicos S.A de C.V Mexico

María Mónica Duarte Lobo Fertilizantes Tepeyac (laboratorio) Mexico

Mónica Belén Cota García Fertilizantes Tepeyac (laboratorio) Mexico

Nestor Osvaldo Gomez Garcia Análisis Técnicos S.A de C.V Mexico

Irma Julieta González Acuña Fertilidad de Suelos y Nutrición Vegetal del INIFAP-Campo

Experimental Santiago Ixcuintla Mexico

J. D. Etchevers Fertilidad de Suelos y Química Ambiental

Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo

Mexico

Jessica Marlen López Ibarra Departamento de Análisis de Materiales/INEGI Mexico

Jesús Miguel De La Cruz Payró Laboratorio de suelos y foliares de Oleopalma// Agroindustrias

de Palenque S.A. de C.V. Mexico

José Abraham Álvarez García AGRUMLAB SC Mexico

José Francisco Preciado Guzmán Centro de Diagnóstico e Innovación Agrícola Mexico

José Manuel Cena Velázquez Suelos y Plantas. Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas. UNACH Mexico

José Víctor Tamariz Flores Lab. de Química y Contaminación de suelos, aguas y plantas


Mexico

Judith Ruiz Luna Laboratorio de Diagnóstico Ambiental/ Tecnológico Nacional de México campus Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Oaxaca

Mexico

Julia Cristel Alcudia Pérez Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Campeche Mexico

Juliana Padilla Cuevas LAB FER -CPM

Laboratorio Fertilidad de suelos y Química Ambiental. Campus Montecillo. Colegio de Postgraduados

Mexico

Julio César Bautista Méndez Laboratorio de Nutrición Vegetal- Casa Cuervo Mexico

Karla Tapia Fierro Laboratorio de análisis de suelos, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Mexico

Pedro Figueroa-López Laboratorio De Análisis De Suelo-Planta-Agua-Fertilizantes

TEPEYAC Mexico

Lorena Del Carmen Hernández Nataren

Centro de Investigación e Innovación para la Sustentabilidad de la Palma de Aceite (CIISPALMA)

Mexico

Héctor Andrade Prado CIIDIR-IPN Unidad Michoacán (Laboratorio de Aguas y Suelos) Mexico

Margarita Martínez Vargas Departamento de Análisis de Materiales/INEGI Mexico

Mario García Reynoso Laboratorio de Nutrición Vegetal- Casa Cuervo Mexico

Mc. Mariela Deyta Sánchez FYPA Mexico

Nancy Gabriela Crucci Macías Departamento de Análisis de Materiales/INEGI Mexico

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Ninfa Portilla Loeza Laboratorio de análisis de suelos, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Mexico

Nora Alicia Hernández Avendaño

Laboratorio de Agua-Suelo-Plantas (LASP) Mexico

Berta Elisa Muñoz Burgos Fertilizantes Tepeyac (laboratorio) Mexico

Anavel Vargas García FYPA Mexico

Ricardo Zermeño FYPA Mexico

Yoli Deyta Sánchez FYPA Mexico

Rafael Vivanco Tecnoinsumos Mexico

Rocío Karina Ramírez Roa Departamento de Análisis de Materiales/INEGI Mexico

Rocío Rodríguez Cabrera Carrera Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y

Agropecuarias Mexico

Rosa Martínez Pamatz Laboratorio de suelo, agua y planta/Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias Campo

Experimental Tecomán Mexico

Sandra Rocha Ortiz Laboratorio de análisis de suelos, agua y plantas de Instituto de

Ecología, A. C. Mexico

Sergio De Los Santos Villalobos Laboratorio de Biotecnología del Recurso Microbiano/ Instituto

Tecnológico de Sonora Mexico

Ulises López Noverola Laboratorio de Suelos y Plantas del Centro de Investigación en

Ciencia Agropecuarias. Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco.

Mexico

Vicente Arturo Velasco Velasco Laboratorio de Diagnóstico Ambiental/ Tecnológico Nacional de México campus Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Oaxaca

Mexico

Víctor García LADiPA/El Colegio de Michoacán Mexico

Werner Rubio Carrasco Laboratorio de Nutrición Vegetal del Centro de Investigación

en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Unidad Culiacán Mexico

Pedro Enrrique Muñoz Izaguirre Laboratorio de Suelos y Agua Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz Nicaragua

Alexander Polo EnviroLab S.A. Panama

Berta Carrera Victor González Laboratorio de Suelos y Nutrición (Facultad de Ciencias

Agropecuarias de la Universidad de Panamá). Panama

Irene Caballero Laboratorio Envirolab – Grupo ITS Panama

Jhon Alexander Villalaz P. Laboratorio de Fertilidad de suelos del Instituto de

Investigación Agropecuario de Panamá (Lab. De Referencia) Panama

José Nazario Laboratorio Especializado de Análisis de Suelos y Tejido Foliar

(Centro Regional Universitario de Los Santos) Panama

José Villarreal Laboratorio de Fertilidad de Suelo del IDIAP Panama

Liliana Escalante Laboratorio de suelos y Afines (Facultad de Ciencias

Agropecuarias de la Universidad de Panamá). Panama

Linette López EnviroLab S.A. Panama

Olmedo Otero ITS Food services Panama

Shantal García ITS Food services Panama

Silvia Guerra Laboratorio COOLECHE, R.L (Dr. Maximiliano de Puy) Panama

Victor S. González C. Laboratorio de suelos y nutrición Panama

Higinio Moreno Resquin Laboratorio de Suelo

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. UNA Paraguay

Alexis Saucedo Chacon PROSIP - VALLE GRANDE Peru

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Braulio La Torre Martínez Laboratorio de Análisis de Suelos, Plantas, Aguas y

Fertilizantes-Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina Peru

Efraín De La Vega Arcos Laboratorio de Análisis de Suelos, Plantas, Aguas y


Juan Miguel Guerrero Lázaro Laboratorio de Análisis de Suelos, Plantas, Aguas y


Julio Cesar Castro Lazo PROSIP - VALLE GRANDE Peru

Alicia Gallo Laboratorio Suelos DGRN-MGAP Uruguay

Ana V. Silbermann Laboratorio Suelos DGRN-MGAP Uruguay

Betina Fernandez Laboratorio Suelos DGRN-MGAP Uruguay

Cecilia Alvarez Laboratorio Analitico Agro Industrial LAAI Uruguay

Daniel Bassahún INIA- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria -

Laboratorio de Suelos, Plantas y Agua Uruguay

Déborah Torres INIA- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria -


Diego Pazos Laboratorio Suelos DGRN-MGAP Uruguay

Evelyn Sirio Laboratorio Analitico Agro Industrial LAAI Uruguay

Fernanda Lloretnes Laboratorio Suelos DGRN-MGAP Uruguay

Irene Purtscher INIA- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria -


Laura Patrone Laboratorio Kemia (Silpacor Srl) Uruguay

Leticia García INIA- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria -


Lucia Cash Laboratorio Agrofertil Uruguay

Maximiliano Tramaglia Rojas Laboratorio Ecotech Uruguay

Mónica Fernández Estudiolab Uruguay

Nicolás Caner Lencina Laboratorio Ecotech Uruguay

Raquel Musselli INIA- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria -


Rosario Oten INIA- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria -


Valentina Quintana Laboratorio Analitico Agro Industrial LAAI Uruguay

Victoria Bourdette Laboratorio Suelos DGRN-MGAP Uruguay

Victoria Mancassola Laboratorio Suelos DGRN-MGAP Uruguay

Virginia Gossi Laboratorio Analitico Agro Industrial LAAI Uruguay

José Lucas Peña Suarez Laboratorios de Suelos, Aguas y Plantas del INIA Venezuela

Hendrik Sulbarán Laboratorio de Ecología de Suelos, ambiente y agricultura Venezuela

Maiella Rangel Laboratorio de Ecología de Suelos, ambiente y agricultura Venezuela

Nuriángel Casanova Laboratorio de Ecología de Suelos, ambiente y agricultura Venezuela

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Trainers and organizers:

Ms. Lucrezia Caon, Global Soil Partnership Secretariat, FAO HQ

Mr. Filippo Benedetti, Global Soil Partnership Secretariat, FAO HQ

Ms. Nopmanee Suvannang, GLOSOLAN Chair

Ms. Floria Bertsch, LATSOLAN Chair

Mr. Christian Hartmann, IRD France

Mr. Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez, BUCHI Labortechnik AG, Switzerland

Ms. Estefania Perez-Fernadez, BUCHI Labortechnik AG, Switzerland

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Annex III. Survey on the procurement of laboratory equipment

Participants to the meeting were asked to complete an online survey on procurement to enrich the

discussion on equipment purchasing, use and maintenance. In total, 70 responses were submitted.

The main questions in the survey and answers by participants are herewith reported:

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Thirty-three respondents reported the following evaluation criteria they adopt:

• Assistance after purchasing (training, maintenance)

• Compliance with requirements, delivery time, price

• Brands, quality certificates

• The compliance with the requirements defined in the bid (equipment characteristics, installation

and training - especially for high-cost equipment, delivery times, maintenance of the offer, etc.),

presence of company representatives in the country (preferably with a subsidiary, service and

provision of guaranteed consumables), existence of equipment of the same brand already

installed in other laboratories in the Network or in national laboratories that can provide

information on the performance or provision of the equipment, price/quality ratio

• Warranty on full equipment for 1-2 years on parts and services, maintenance check every 6

months, technical staff in the country, training on site. That the supplier has all the accessories

and consumables of the equipment, or you import it

• Brand, supplier, price

• Consumables and scope of maintenance

• Provider history is primary, peer counseling if a new provider

• Technical service and equipment warranty, as well as accessibility to supplies and spare parts

• Price, quality, availability

• Supplier's background, remote assistance, warranty offered, after-sales service

• Known supplier

• Technical support, service, quality, price

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• Remote/on-site technical after-sales service, availability of supplies and consumables

• Evaluation and qualification of the supplier, technical service, quality certifications

• Verification of the qualities of the equipment in analogous laboratories in the country or region

• Personal consultation with the users of the equipment model I require or offer

• Warranty, training, including delivery and start-up, quality and price, response time for warranty

and maintenance. Effectiveness in repairs of the company

• Warranty service price

• Price, brand, delivery time

• Technical Service

• Price/quality ratio, additional training, equipment warranty and customer service are offered

• Equipment maintenance, companies with representation in the country, fast service.

• Training offered

• Comply with requested specifications, cost, support

• Technical service after sale and, if required, cover of the cost related to the installation and

commission of the equipment

• Delivery time, warranty, training and follow-up of the supplier, technical support in the country

• Offer of complete training when acquiring sophisticated equipment

• Availability, quality and price

• Quality, technical support, guarantee, price

• Training, quick response

• Quality, functionality-targets, consumables, price

• Prices, quality and guarantee

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Annex IV. Survey on the action taken by soil laboratories after

participating in a proficiency test

Participants to the meeting were asked to complete an online survey on the actions to take after

participating in a proficiency test (PT) in order to improve their performance and obtain better results in

future PTs. In total, 47 responses were submitted.

The main questions in the survey and answers by participants are herewith reported:

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In case participants selected “other”, it was asked them to specify what actions are taken if the results

obtained in a PT are satisfactory. Answers are reported below:

• Organize data records

• Evaluation of the methods applied in the PT and those used by laboratory, for subsequent

validation and replacement of the method. Assess the applicability of it in the tests.

• Improve efforts to maintain historical quality in proficiency testing. We intend to initiate

accreditation management.

• PT results serve as an evaluation of the work of the technical staff in the company

• Report to the work team, report the validation and presentation to the Lab Manager

• Report the results in Levey-Jennings table

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obtained in a PT are questionable. Answers are reported below:

• Assess the quality of the performance

• Evaluating analysts

• Repeat the test

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obtained in a PT are unsatisfactory. Answers are reported below:

• Analysis of causes and taking corrective measures or improvements

• Participate in another PT

• Re-testing, training

• Test verification, if applicable

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In case participants selected “other”, it was asked them to specify what information they analyze in

evaluating laboratory performance in a PT. Answers are reported below:

• Compare with records

• Statistically verify the results according to the analyzed parameter

• Performance with repeatability, reproducibility and recovery rate

• Accuracy and precision

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