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Empowering Farmers for Improved Soil Fertility and Increased Nutrition - GCP/GLO/1213/GER-F

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) This project was designed to support the empowerment of farmers with skills and practices to improve both soil fertility and the nutritional value of food. This is a second phase project that will build upon the results of the Soils4Nutrition (S4N) project. It will educate farmers on sustainable soil management practices to support nutrition-sensitive agriculture, improve soil health and facilitate knowledge sharing among farmers in the targeted countries of Burkina Faso, Colombia and Mexico, and in the Latin American and Caribbean region.In line with the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management (VGSSM) and with the main topics defined in the bilateral trust fund between BMEL and FAO to promote rural development and reduce malnutrition, this action aims to develop and implement coordinated and structured measures for sustainable soil management and to scale up these efforts globally, with a high level of involvement of women and youth.

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