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The Soil Partners' Day is a unique opportunity for all GSP Members and partners to share their efforts, expertise, experiences and innovative ideas related to the conservation, restoration, and protection of soil and its sustainable management.

3 June

The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) – The US, Department of State, Office of Global Food Security

• Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) 

The journey to success: from dirt to living soil - LDD Thailand

• The journey of the ​ Global Soil Partnership ​- Lifeng Li​ Director, Land and Water Division, FAO​

4 June

Soil Health monitoring

MRV Systems related to Soil Health, in the context of Agroecology - International “4 per 1000” Initiative

• Introduction of the side-event, of the topic and of the speakers, Dr. Paul Luu, Executive Secretary “4 per 1000” international Initiative
• Opening remarks on MRV tools and systems - tentative definition​, Eric Ceschia, INRAE/CESBIO
• Inventory of MRV systems related to Soil Health, Maëlys Paquette, DELOITTE
• GENESIS (soil health assessment tool), Mrs. Adrienne de MALLERAY
• Examples from FAO​ NEXT, ABC-Map & AURORA​, Laure-Sophie Schiettecatte & Christophe Besacier​

A GLOSOLAN quality certificate for carbon analytical results: why and how it should be quickly implemented - IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)

• GLOSOLAN quality certificate for carbon analytical results

Farming approaches

Conservation Agriculture, the management of Water and Soil Organic Carbon against soil erosion and for food security - Global Conservation Agriculture Network  (GCAN)

• Farmers ​ for Food​ & Soil Health, Gerard RASS

Natural Farming Promotes Healthy Soils and Ecosystem Services: Case Study - Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP), India, International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) and Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA), India

• Natural Farming Promotes Healthy Soils and Ecosystem Services: Case Study, Dr. K S Varaprasad, Mr. Vijay Kumar Thallam, Dr Tor-Gunnar Vagen, Dr Aparna Nunna

National programs and FAO contribution to sustainable soil and forest management in Uzbekistan - UN FAO - Uzbekistan Representation

• National programs and FAO contribution to sustainable soil and forest management in Uzbekistan

Soils in food systems

The role of healthy soils in food systems transformation - FAO (OCB and NSL)

 SOILGUARD: promoting Soil Biodiversity and Wellbeing in Europe and beyond - Leitat Technological Center and IUCN

• Soilguard project introduction, Cristina Yacoub (Leitat)
• Soil Biodiversity as a NBS, Alberto Martín Sánchez

Water soil nexus: transforming soil health - Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) Group

• Water soil nexus: transforming soil health