African Soil Partnership

The African Soil Partnership (AfSP) was established in May 2015. It is composed of the Sub-Saharan countries. African soils are very diverse and have great potential and value for food security and overall sustainable development. However, soil degradation is a serious process that is threatening the region’s soil resources through its various forms and thus is affecting economic development, particularly agricultural production and associated food and nutrition security, provision of ecosystem services and increasing poverty. In this framework, national needs and priorities are translated into regional actions through the AfSP implementation plan, which is revised at the yearly AfSP plenary meetings. here

List of countries

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. See the list of GSP national focal points.

Governance

2022 - 2024

Chair: Ms Anne Muriuki (Kenya)

Vice chair (English): Mr Ramakgwale Klaas Mampholo (South Africa)

Vice chair (French): Mr Mamoudou Traore (Burkina Faso)

Vice chair (Portuguese): Ms Antonia dos Santos Neto (Sao Tome e Principe)

Regional facilitator: (FAO HQ/Regional Office for Africa): Mr Filippo Benedetti (GSP Secretariat)

Recent AfSP events and trainings

Annual meetings	Details
2023 Virtual	Seventh AfSP plenary meeting, Zoom, 21-22 Jun 2023 Agenda \| Recordings Day 1 & Day 2 \| Presentation
2022 Virtual	Sixth AfSP plenary meeting, Zoom, 26-27 Apr 2022 Event \| Agenda \| Presentations \| Report \| Recordings Day 1 & Day 2
2021 Virtual	Fifth AfSP plenary meeting, Zoom, 06-07 Jul 2021 Event \| Agenda \| Presentations \| Photogallery \| Report
2020 Virtual	Fourth AfSP plenary meeting, Zoom, 28-30 Sep 2020 Event \| Agenda
2018 Rome	Third AfSP plenary meeting, Rome, Italy, 13 Jun 2018 Event \| Agenda \| Report \| Presentations \| Photo gallery \| Launch of Afrisoils: highlight & presentation
2015 Accra	Second AfSP plenary meeting, Accra, Ghana, 20 - 22 May 2015 Event \| Elmina communiqué \| Report \| Presentations \| Photo gallery
2013 Nairobi	Eastern and Southern African Soil Partnership, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 - 27 May 2013 Event \| Nairobi communiqué \| Agenda \| Report \| Presentations \| Photo gallery
2013 Accra	Western and Central African Soil Partnership, Accra, Ghana, 4 - 6 Feb 2013 Event \| Accra communiqué \| Agenda \| Presentations \| Photo gallery \| List of participants
Trainings	Details
2023 online	Soils and GEF-8, 19 Apr 2023 Agenda \| Recordings \| Presentation
2022 online	AfriLAB: Regional Soil Laboratory Network for Africa: Fourth meeting, online, 18-19 October 2022 Event \| Agenda
2022 online	AfSP: workshop on resource mobilization, online, 20 July 2022 Event \| Recordings \| Presentations
2020 Nigeria	FAO training on Technological Innovations in Soil Science for Nigeria Institute of Soil Science, Nigeria, 3 November 2020 Event \| Agenda \| Presentations\| Recordings
2019 Nairobi	AfriLAB: Regional Soil Laboratory Network for Africa: First meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 21 - 24 May 2019 Event \| Agenda \| Presentations \| Report \| Photogallery
2015 Accra	Digital Soil Mapping for Western and Central African countries, Accra, Ghana, 16 - 27 Mar 2015 More
2015 Nairobi	Digital Soil Mapping for Eastern and Southern African countries, Nairobi, Kenya, 23 - 27 Feb 2015 More