The GSP continues strengthening national capacities on soil mapping for informed-decisions. An in-person training on digital soil mapping (DSM) was successfully delivered to GIS (geographic information system) experts and soil scientists from Rwanda (Bugesera) on September 19-23, 2022. Ms Isabel Luotto, GSP Secretariat’s soil information and data expert, provided the training on DSM within the framework of the project 'Capacity development on sustainable soil management in Africa': RWANDA. The project is financed by the China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE), and China International Development Cooperation Agency, the People’s Republic of China.

Join a one-day event built on the discussions and outcomes of the GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOILS FOR NUTRITION

The soil fertility status is the fundamental building block on which all agricultural production systems are built. A healthy soil - capable of providing balanced nutrients to plants - is the basis for improving productivity. But soil fertility status is declining. On 20 October from 09:00 to 17:00 CEST, FAO and its Global Soil Partnership are pleased to invite you to a one-day event that will focus on the innovations in soil and plant nutrient management contributing to optimizing resource use, improving the nutritional value of food and maximizing crop productivity while minimizing negative impacts on the natural resources.

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Latest updates from the closing workshop of the Project “Sustainable Soil Management for Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia” held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in August 2022.

4th August 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh – A closing workshop of the Project “Sustainable Soil Management for Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia” was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and its Global Soil Partnership (GSP). The workshop and the related mission (1-5 August 2022) were aimed at concluding the project activities and finalizing the validation of national policy briefs and technical guidelines containing concrete recommendations at the national level. 

On August 17, under the initiative of the FAO office in Ashghabat, Turkmenistan, the Workshop on the tools of the Global Soil Partnership in support to the Central Asia countries initiative for Land Management (CACILM-2) was held in a hybrid format.

The FAO Regional Project titled “Integrated management of natural resources in drought-prone and salt-affected agricultural production landscapes of Central Asia and Turkey (CACILM-2)” is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project is aimed at the adoption of integrated landscape management approaches and practices that help stabilize and even reverse trends of soil salinization, reduce erosion, improve water capture and retention, increase the sequestration of carbon, and reduce loss of agrobiodiversity, thereby reducing the desertification trend in terms of extent and severity.

The representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, State Committee for Water Resources, Turkmen Academy of Sciences, Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazov, Dashoguz Turkmen Agricultural Institute, Administration of Dashoguz and Akhal Provinces, Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development of Central Asia made up the audience of 30 people interested in implementing the tools and programmes of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) at the national and local levels.