Validating the Framework for Establishing the Southern Africa Regional Hub to implement SIA and AFSH-AP.
December 10, 2024 By Shaquille Pennaneach No comments yet By Prof. ‘Wole Fatunbi (Ag. DRI, FARA) Developing the Regional Hub to coordinate regional actions for the Soil Initiative for Africa (SIA) and the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan (AFSH-AP) is a...
Elevate Africa’s voice regarding soil health
December 5, 2024 By Shaquille Pennaneach No comments yet Wolé Fatunbi, from the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), represents the Soil Carbon International Research Consortium (IRC) regional ambassador for the African continent. Soil health is a real...
AU Appoints FARA to Lead Soil Health and Fertilizer Initiative for Africa’s Transformation
Harare, Zimbabwe, October 31st , 2024 The African Union Commission, under the dynamic leadership of H.E. Ambassador Josefa Sacko, has appointed the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) as the official Secretariat for the Soil Initiative for Africa (SIA)...
Extraordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water, and Environment Opens Today
Addis Ababa, October 25, 2024 The Ministerial Segment of the Extraordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water, and Environment (ARDWE) opened today with powerful interventions from African Union leaders and...
Advancing Soil Health in Mediterranean African Countries: A Call for Action on Soil and Fertilizer Initiatives
By `Wole Fatunbi The Mediterranean region of Africa, including Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Mauritania, faces unique soil challenges. While their soils share similarities with the rest of Africa, they also experience added pressures from low moisture...
Soil Savvy: Stakeholders Set Roadmap For Innovative Information Management System
By Raji Adebayo, Oct 10, 2024 An expert in the field of agriculture, Dr. Wole Fatunbi, has identified low household income, poor social capital, low educational level and Nigeria gross domestic product (GDP) as the factors responsible for food insecurity affecting...
Addressing declining Soil Fertility in Africa amid population surge
written by DANIEL ESSIET The challenges posed by declining soil fertility present substantial issues for many African countries, including Nigeria, especially in the light of the continent’s anticipated population growth. With an estimated 2.5 billion people...
Developing Human Capital for Soil Management in Africa…imperative for Soil Initiative for Africa (SIA)
by Wole Fatunbi In a bid to ensure that the Soil Initiative for Africa (SIA) is operationalized to deliver its planned social and economic benefits, a group of experts on the subject of Human Capital gathered for three days (4-6th April 2024) at the RUFORUM conference...
Enhancing the Soil User “Capacity to Innovate”. The primary pathway to sustainable management of African soil
by Wole Fatunbi It is now street knowledge that the availability of technology is not the central bane to improvement of Africa agriculture and management of the prime production asset, our soil. While technologies is modestly available, bringing the technologies from...