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With the aim of strengthening sustainable soil management (SSM) practices in Southeast Asia, a recent mission to Thailand from 19 to 22 February 2024 yielded promising outcomes. Led by the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) as part of the Global Soil Doctors Programme (GSDP) and with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAORAP), the mission focused on enhancing collaboration with the Thai Volunteer Soil Doctors programme, led by the Land Development Department (LDD) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) was founded in 1924 in Rome at Villa Lubin within the International Institute of Agriculture. This international organization, promoted by David Lubin, passed its assets, library and mandate to FAO after 1945.
Now, a century later, the IUSS is preparing to celebrate its centenary in Florence, from 19 to 21 May. Over three days, the event will feature conferences addressing the pressing needs of civil society in the fields of agriculture, forestry, the environment, urban planning, energy, education and more. Thousands of scientists will converge from all over the world to take part in these discussions.
Los suelos están en el origen de nuestros alimentos. Sin suelos sanos, cultivar alimentos saludables sería casi imposible. Problemas como la erosión del suelo pueden causar hasta un 50 % de pérdidas en el rendimiento de las cosechas, lo que repercute en los medios de vida de los agricultores, en nuestro medio ambiente, la agricultura y la alimentación. La salud del suelo nos afecta a todos.
En todo el mundo, los agricultores se enfrentan a diferentes retos. El mal uso de fertilizantes y plaguicidas, junto a la falta de conocimientos sobre las condiciones del suelo son algunos de ellos.
From 19 to 21 May 2024, the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) will mark its centennial in Florence, with three days of conferences addressing civil society needs in agriculture, forestry, environment, urban planning, energy, education, and other areas.
A five-day mission in Honduras was carried out as part of a comprehensive initiative focused on improving soil analysis capabilities and implementing soil sampling strategies and fieldwork campaigns. The project involved the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and the Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria - Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (DICTA-SAG). Its primary objective ws standardize methodologies for soil sampling, ensuring the generation of reliable data crucial for agricultural and environmental applications. This mission was a component of the SoilFER project (Soil mapping for resilient agrifood systems), a unique framework designed to unlock valuable insights on soils to inform policymaking and fertilizer recommendations, both at the national and field scale.