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Prof. Dr. Reinhold Jahn , retired professor of soil science and soil protection at Martin Luther University (also known as University of Halle-Wittenberg), Germany was given the highest award called Sandigan Award (Sandigan means someone you can depend upon) of the Visayas State University (VSU), Baybay, Leyte. In a ceremony on 03 August 2016 at the office of the president, University President Edgardo E. Tulin handed the plaque of recognition to Prof. Jahn in the presence of Dr. Wolfreda T. Alesna, Chairperson of the Awards Committee and several faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Soil Science of VSU. Prof. Reinhold Jahn receiving the Sandigan Award from Univ President Edgardo E. Tulin Prof. Jahn was recognized “for his invaluable contributions to the Visayas State University. Since 1995 until his retirement in 2012, Prof. Jahn initiated exchange of students between his faculty in Halle and VSU. He mentored and served as host professor to some VSU academic staff and stud...

On 09 April 2010, we organized a soil excursion to Southern Leyte for selected graduate students pursuing MSc degree in Soil Science at the Department of Agronomy and Soil Science of Visayas State University in Baybay, Leyte. The main objective of the activity was to observe the important soils of the province. Prof. Dr. Reinhold Jahn of Martin Luther University (Germany), former Chairman of the Soil Geography Commission of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), served as the resource person. The participants included Grace Enojada, Marilou Sarong, Katrina Piamonte, Deejay Maranguit, Glenn Largo, and Raffy Rodrigo. The group first focused on the young soils in the alluvial plains which are generally used for lowland rice production. Prof. Jahn discussed the important features of paddy (rice) soils particularly gleying, mottling, and the occurrence of plow pan. During his recent field work in the Banaue rice terraces in northern Luzon, Prof. Jahn noted that plow pan is general...