Moscow – PhosAgro and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have launched a series of scientific and practical workshops dedicated to soil recarbonization as part of the RECSOIL project.

Soil pollution has been internationally recognized as a major threat to soil health and its capacity to provide ecosystems services, including the production of safe and sufficient food. Soil pollution is a chemical degradation process that threatens fertile soils, with implications for global food security and human health. Soil pollution hinders the achievement of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including achieving no poverty (SDG 1), zero hunger (SDG 2), ensuring healthy lives and well-being (SDG 3), halting and reversing land degradation and biodiversity loss (SDG 15), and making cities safe and resilient (SDG 11).

The 13th Plenary Assembly of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) will take place from 3 to 5 June 2025 at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome. The event, which coincides with FAO’s 80th anniversary, is set to bring together global stakeholders to advance sustainable soil management and restoration efforts. 

Tunis, 3-7 February 2025: FAO, in partnership with the Japanese Embassy and the Ministry for Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia, launched the SoilFER project to enhance soil data and information in Tunisia.  With $6 million supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan, the project is being implemented in Tunisia and Mozambique to promote sustainable and resilient agrifood systems.

A meeting brought together several stakeholders, key actors from Japan, the United States of America, and international institutions at FAO from 20 to 23 January 2025 to define future plans for the SoilFER project implementation. This ambitious initiative stands out as a unique framework aimed at unearthing valuable information from soils to guide policymaking and fertilizer recommendations both at national and field scale in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa. The meeting provided a forum for assessing progress, setting new priorities and strengthening collaboration across countries and regions.