The third Global Soil Week is a platform, for discussion of soil and land and their links to food security, rural development, growth, energy production, and the competition for land resources.

It is a multi-stakeholder platform of high-level policy-makers, scientists, NGOs, CSOs, farmers, artists, international organizations, and the private sector, an inclusive and participatory process which contributes to a better positioning of soils in relevant political contexts while raising public awareness of the issues of soil and land.