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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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 form a thin layer on the Earth’s surface and host an immense biological diversity, most of which is invisible. Yet the organisms living in soil provide crucial ecosystem services that human societies depend on.…
The Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health has set itself the goal of improving soil health globally. Co-Leader Leigh Ann Winowiecki explains the barriers which have to be cleared on the way there and why she is optimistic…
More than 40 per cent of soils in Latin America and the Caribbean are classified as degraded. Fernando Schwanke describes how the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is supporting governments…
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