Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management

Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management

Endorsed by the 155th session of the FAO Council, Rome, Italy, 5th December 2016

Year of publication 2016

Pages 15 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management (VGSSM) were adopted by the 4th GSP Plenary Assembly (Rome, 23 May 2016), approved by the 25th session of the FAO Committee on Agriculture (Rome, 28 September 2016) and finally endorsed by the 155th session of the FAO Council (Rome, 5 December 2016). These guidelines provide technical and policy recommendations on how sustainable soil management can be achieved. The successful implementation of these guidelines should pave the way to boost ing soil health.

The final and endorsed version of the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management is available at this link

Meeting Session Number Sess.4

Language English

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