Soils

Addressing soil health is recognised as a key strategy to improve fertiliser efficiency, and this is particularly important in Africa, where fertiliser is a scarce resource. Our authors have established the potential…

Soils

Early in May 2024, the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit, organised by the African Union (AU) and the Government of Kenya, took place in Nairobi. About 4,000 participants, including over 60 African heads of…

Soils

Years of excessive use have resulted in severe depletion of Africa’s soils, reducing their capacity to produce optimal crop yields. At the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit African leaders demonstrated their…

Soils

The global project ProSoil of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit supports new methods to produce organic fertiliser and new approaches in switching to better and more sustainable cultivating…

Soils

Extreme weather events are occurring more frequently. A recent study has shown that plant diversity can help mitigate the impacts of climate change by increasing plant productivity and ecosystem stability.

Soils

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has developed a mobile gaming app ‘MRIDA’ that helps smallholder farmers strategize climate-smart agricultural management practices to…

Soils

Soil ecological values are often overlooked in nature conservation management and policy decisions. A new study demonstrates where efforts to protect them are needed most.

Soils

From the 26th–29th July 2022, the Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition – “Soils, where food begins” – was held in virtual mode. FAO’s Global Soil Partnership, the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils and the…

Soils

Land misuse and soil mismanagement have resulted in large expanses of our soil being degraded. Our author describes how the global agricultural and food systems can be made more environmentally friendly, and the role…

Soils

At a glance: definitions, international agreements and insights referred to in recent publications on soil- and land-related issues.