FAO is hosting a Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI20) at its Headquarters in Rome, Italy on 19 - 22 April 2021.

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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi hosts the 5^th Meeting of Asian Soil Partnership (ASP) at its premises, in the National Agricultural Science Centre Complex, New Delhi.

22 января и.о. ректора РГАУ-МСХА Валерия Чайка приняла делегацию Глобального почвенного партнерства ФАО во главе с секретарем всемирного проекта Рональдом Варгасом.

The 2nd meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) was held at FAO HQ in Rome, Italy, on 28 - 30 November 2018. The network’s purpose is to improve the quality of soil laboratory data to support decision making at field and policy levels. The objectives of the meeting were: 1) to consolidate the structural organization of the network, (2) to discuss the soil laboratory data and information policy, (3) to agree on the execution of regional and global proficiency testing (PT), and (4) to discuss the development of global and regional Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines.

An FAO technical cooperation project is underway to develop a draft national action plan (NAP) for the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to support sustainable soil management implementation and establish the Turkish Soil Information System (TSIS).