World Soil Day 2020 - Full list of official events
NENA region
United Arab Emirates – Organizers: Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and FAO Technical Cooperation Programme. More information here
Saudi Arabia – Organizer: Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and FAO Technical Cooperation Programme. More information here
Sub-Saharan region
Uganda – Organizers: FAO sub regional office for West Africa, MAAIF, Busitema University, SSSEA-Uganda Chapter
Nigeria – Organizer: African Soil Partnership. More information here
Senegal – Organizer: FAO-SFW
Guinea – Organizer: FAO/SENASOL
Asian region
Thailand – Organizers: Land Development Department, FAO RAP, CESRA, Soil and Fertilizer Society of Thailand, Soil and Water Conservation Association of Thailand, World Soil Association of Thailand. More information here
Laos – Organizers: Department of Agricultural Land Management, MAF, FAO. More information here
Myanmar – Organizers: FAO Myanmar
Bangladesh – Organizers: Ministry of Agriculture, SRDI, FAO Bangladesh, SSSB & Practical Action Bangladesh. More information here
Latin American and the Caribbean region
Costa Rica – Organizers: FAO-DG, FAO-RLC, FAO-CR. With participation of Director General
Ecuador – Organizers: FAO national office
Dominican Republic – Organizers: FAO DO, Ministerio Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Guatemala – Organizer: Asociacion Guatemalteca de la Ciencia del Suelo, FAO, CATIE, ICC, FEDECOVERA, CRS, UICN, FDN
Belize – Organizer: Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise and FAO (Belize Liaison)
European and Eurasian region
Kazakhstan – Organizer: FAO-KZ. More information here
Russian Federation – Organizers: The FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, the Eurasian Center for Food Security of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, the World Bank and the Russian State Agrarian University Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU-MTAA). More information here
Tajikistan – Organizer: FAO-TJ and radio Asia Plus. More information here
Ukraine – Organizer: UN Ukraine, FAO Ukraine, Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture, Ministry Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, GSP, UaSP
North American region
New York – Organizers: The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Lesotho to the United Nations, FAO and the UNCCD. Click here to register
Washington DC – Organizer: FAO North America. Click here to register