International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, UAE, 21 Nov 2019 

On the occasion of the ICBA 20th anniversary celebrations, the Global Forum on Innovations for Marginal Environments (GFIME) was organized in view of the major impact of soil and water salinization and climate change on ecosystems, agricultural productivity, livelihoods and food security worldwide.

Through the new project 'Sustainable soil management for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia' the Global Soil Partnership is supporting FAO member countries to apply sustainable soil management practices in an effort to improve the nutritional quality of locally-produced foods to address micronutrient deficiencies in people.

Project webpage

 20 - 22 November 2019, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy 

'Stop soil erosion, Keep soil where it belongs' - the fantastic animation on soil erosion produced by the Global Soil Partnership, is now available in all UN languages! 

Links to the video animation

• Stop soil ersoion, Keep the soil where it belongs
• Empêchons l’érosion des sols, laissons le sol à sa place
• Остановим эрозию почв, сохраним почвы!
• 停止土壤侵蚀，将土壤保持在原处
• فلنوقف تآكل التربة، ولندع التربة في مكانها
• Detengamos la erosión del suelo, mantegamos el suelo donde pertenece

Eduardo Mansur, CBL director and the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) of the Food and Agriculture Organization challenges each of YOU, WORLDWIDE, to green your future by planting and covering the soils round your neighborhood

Join the photo challenge: Take a pledge for World Soil Day 2019, #StopSoilErosion, Save our future!