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Soils are critical to feeding the world - providing safe and nutritious food - and sustaining life on Earth.
The publication "Soils for nutrition: state of the art" - which was launched on 26 July 2022 at the opening ceremony of the Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition - contributes to the understanding of soil fertility processes from the perspective of food production and food security, as well as the environmental and climate change impacts associated with fertiliser misuse and overuse. It also outlines the main areas of opportunity and the way forward to address the nutrient imbalance that prevails in our current agri-food systems.
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Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition opens
Photo caption: Ninety-five percent of global food is produced in soils.
Highlighting some key achievements of the FAO-led Global Soil Partnership
A collection of stories for kids worldwide to dig in and learn more about salt-affected soils!
After two years of online training sessions, the GSP conducted its first in-person training in Kampala, Uganda, since the start of the pandemic. Ms Isabel Luotto, soil information and data expert, trained the participants in Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) within the framework of the project “South South Assistance Fund (SSCAF) Project Capacity development on sustainable soil management - Africa”: UGANDA. The training was financed by the China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchange (CICETE) and the Ministry of Commerce from the People’s Republic of China and took place from 13 to 17 June 2022 at the College of Computing and Information Sciences of the Makerere University in Kampala (Uganda).