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World Soil Day 2022 marks a record year of engagement in the global campaign! Here are some highlights on the worldwide celebrations and key statistics:

📌 Over 2 200 events pinned on the official World Soil Day map;

📌 Over 700 news articles featuring World Soil Day were read by nearly 4 billion people;

📌 The hashtag #WorldSoilDay trended on Twitter on 5 and 6 December reaching 488 million users;

📌 400 FAO tweets reached 145 million users;

📌 FAO’s World Soil Day (WSD) website, the UN observance website and FAO articles featuring soils on those days totalized over 200 000 page views;

📌 Over 3000 people from 154 countries attended the official FAO ceremony in person and virtually;

📌 3 official contests were launched with extremely high engagement rates, including an online public ballot that reached 25 695 votes in less than 48 hours;

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, SOIL LOVERS AROUND THE GLOBE!