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Jun

Africa Soil Information System must be understandable and usable by the Soil Users.

By ‘Wole Fatunbi At the 13th Plenary Session of the Global Soil Platform (GSP) held at the FAO campus in Rome, Italy, 3rd – 5th June 2025. The plenary on soil health featured a key presentation by Christian Witt and Paul Luu of the BMGF and the 4per 1000 initiative; their presentations highlighted the importance of soil health notation for

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27
May

Exploring the state of Knowledge and Action for Optimizing Soil Carbon in Africa

By  Wole Fatunbi The state of knowledge and technologies about soil carbon management was the crux of discussion at the inaugural workshop of the Africa Node of the International Research Consortium on Soil Carbon (IRC-SC). At the workshop held on the 26th – 28th  May 2025 at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, the key presentations and discussions are on

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23
May

Africa Launches the Groundbreaking Soil Information System

On 19th May 2025, at the Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, stakeholders, led by the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Blue Economy (DARBE) of the African Union Commission, launched the African Soil Information System (AfSIS). The launch marks a significant milestone in managing the continent’s most valuable production asset: African soils. For years, various efforts have been made to

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20
Feb

Strengthening Collaboration on Soil Carbon: A Global Dialogue for Africa’s Sustainable Future

By Benjamin Abugri, Richard Kombat and Shaquille Pennaneach February 20, 2025 – The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), in collaboration with the ORCaSa project and OCP Africa, successfully hosted a webinar on “Strengthening Collaboration on Soil Carbon: Roles and Opportunities for the Africa Chapter of the International Research Consortium (IRC-SC).” The event attracted about 200 participants from across

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13
Jan

Engaging the Private Sector: Key to Realizing Africa’s Soil and Fertilizer Ambitions

Kampala, Uganda – January 10, 2025: During a high-profile side event organized by AUDA-NEPAD and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) at the extraordinary presidential summit for CAADP-3.0, experts underscored the critical role of the private sector in achieving the aspirations of the Soil Initiative for Africa (SIA) and the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan (AFSH-AP).

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10
Dec

Validating the Framework for Establishing the Southern Africa Regional Hub to implement SIA and AFSH-AP.

By Prof. ‘Wole Fatunbi (Ag. DRI, FARA) Developing the Regional Hub to coordinate regional actions for the Soil Initiative for Africa (SIA) and the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan (AFSH-AP) is a key component of the structure to implement the AFSH Summit outcomes. The overall implementation structure (Figure 1) was approved for use over a series of exchanges

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5
Dec

‘Elevate Africa’s voice regarding soil health’

Wolé Fatunbi, from the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), represents the Soil Carbon International Research Consortium (IRC) regional ambassador for the African continent. Soil health is a real challenge for food security in Africa and for tackling climate change. How does Africa’s soil compare to the global context? Africa’s soil is both unique and fragile, distinguished by its

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13
Nov

The China-Africa Agricultural Research and Development Cooperation Receives a Boost with the launch of CAASTIA

By Wole Fatunbi The President of China, Xi Jinping, once said, “If the world enjoys reasonable development, then the two big populations in the world must experience development.” This is true for China, which has succeeded in reducing poverty to the barest minimum, and ensuring industrial and infrastructural development over the last 40 years. Africa, on the other hand, seems

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22
Oct

Advancing Soil Health in Mediterranean African Countries: A Call for Action on Soil and Fertilizer Initiatives

By `Wole Fatunbi The Mediterranean region of Africa, including Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Mauritania, faces unique soil challenges. While their soils share similarities with the rest of Africa, they also experience added pressures from low moisture levels, limited vegetation, and biomass yield. These lands, initially arid, have now become hyper-arid. Key challenges include water scarcity, drought, soil salinization

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12
Oct

Soil Savvy: Stakeholders Set Roadmap For Innovative Information Management System

By Raji Adebayo, Oct 10, 2024 An expert in the field of agriculture, Dr. Wole Fatunbi, has identified low household income, poor social capital, low educational level and Nigeria gross domestic product (GDP) as the factors responsible for food insecurity affecting Nigeria while also stating that the Federal government is not sincere with the allocation of the countries budget for agriculture.

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