ACT, participated in the launch of the Global Soil Partnership in the East and South Africa region held from 25th to 27th March 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya and organized by FAO in cooperation with CIAT.
East and Southern Africa GSP is a newly established regional network of the new Global Soil Partnership for Food security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. The launch was attended by participants from 21 national and regional soil institutions and initiatives who presented the status, needs and priorities for sustainable soil management in their countries. The workshop prepared "The Nairobi Communiqu" in which the urgent need to promote the sustainable management of soils for the current and future generations was expressed. The starting point was establishment of the Global Soil Partnership in the region to undertake five main priority actions identified as: (i) Developing, updating and disseminating harmonized national and regional soil information, (ii) Developing and implementing training and capacity development programs, (iii) Guiding and enabling the implementation of sustainable soil management practices and restoration of soil health, (iv) Addressing soil degradation and (v) Establishing linkages and networks with other initiatives that impact soil health.
For more information, and how to become a partner, visit: http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/