There is a growing awareness across Africa about the need to improve the health of soils dramatically to produce nutritious food and use water sustainably.

Healthy Soil Healthy Food (HSHF) initiative is jointly established by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and the Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI), bringing together 15 soil regeneration organizations that are working closely with smallholder farmers across the continent.

The HSHF initiative held 12 online learning and sharing sessions from September to December 2020, and it was from these sessions that the content was predominantly drawn for the HSHF publication: ‘’Healthy Soil for Healthy Communities – An Introduction to Soil Health Practices for Africa’’.

This publication is not a technical book. Rather, it aims to help people move towards this mindset shift around the soil. Within its pages, it presents the kind of understanding of soil needed if we are to have any chance of successfully regenerating soils, as well as covering recent practices that can help farmers transition to agriculture that prioritizes soil health and is in greater harmony with nature.