The document summarizes a project on capacity development for sustainable soil management in Uganda and Rwanda. It discusses key threats to soil like erosion, nutrient imbalance, and contamination. It presents sustainable soil management practices like minimizing erosion and increasing organic matter. The project aims to promote scientific cooperation, enhance capacities on soil practices, and share knowledge. It will provide equipment for soil and fertilizer testing, conduct demonstrations, establish an online course, and organize workshops to implement the International Code of Conduct for sustainable fertilizer use. The overall goal is to promote sustainable soil fertility management in Uganda and Rwanda.

1. Project Tittle: Capacity Development
for Sustainable Soil Management
Presenters: Yuxin Tong, Vinisa Saynes
GSP Secretariat

2. The International Code of Conduct for the
Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers
The Code is an instrument to provide a locally
adaptable framework and a voluntary set of
practices to serve the different stakeholders
directly or indirectly involved with fertilizers.
The Fertilizer Code is the result of an
exhaustive consultation process, which was
initiated in December 2017 and unfolded
until February 2019. It was finally endorsed
by the 41st session of the FAO Conference in
June 2019.
What is it?

3. How did The Code come about?
MAIN THREATS TO SOIL FUNCTION
1. Soil erosion
2. Organic carbon change
3. Nutrient imbalance
4. Salinization and sodification
5. Soil sealing and land take
6. Loss of soil biodiversity
7. Contamination
8. Acidification
9. Compaction
10. Water Logging
SUSTAINABLE SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
1. Minimize soil erosion
2. Increase the organic matter content of the soil
3. Promote soil nutrient balance and cycling
4. Prevent, minimize and mitigate salinization and
alkalization
1. Prevent and minimize soil contamination
2. Prevent and minimize soil acidification
3. Preserve and enhance soil biodiversity
4. Minimize soil sealing
5. Prevent and minimize soil compaction
6. Improve soil water management
A vehicle for the
implementation of the
Voluntary Guidelines for
Sustainable Soil Management,
particularly addressing the
nutrient imbalances and
pollution soil threats.

4. Implementation, dissemination,
use & evaluation.
Scope, goals & objectives
Terms and definitions
Soil fertility and
plant nutrition
Fertilizer use &
management
Nutrient reuse & recycle
Composition, limits
testing
Access, distribution
labelling
Government
Extension, organization,
research, academia
Industry
Users
ACCIONS
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
A crosscutting approach for a complex problem

5. Misuse of fertilizers can involve, but is not limited to:
Underuse Overuse
Improper or inappropriate use

6. International Network on Fertilizer Analysis
To standardize methods and
protocols for the analysis of
fertilizers.
To strengthen the
performance of fertilizer
laboratories.
To harmonize fertilizer quality
standards.
Why was INFA
created?
Information on how to register your laboratory to INFA are available at
http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/glosolan/fertilizers-analysis-international-network-on-
fertilizer-analysis/en/
 Laboratories
• See INFA interactive map
(https://www.google.com/maps/d/u
/0/viewer?mid=1tvVsvslLkBmB4kaG
miZOwuOEFPvTxegD&ll=-
3.81666561775622e-14%2C0&z=1)
• Green: Laboratories that have the
official mandate of their government
to do fertilizer analysis
• Blue: Laboratories that do fertilizer
analysis on a voluntary basis
• Yellow: Laboratories which do not
perform fertilizer analysis yet, but
are interested in the topic

7. Nutrient imbalance– in Africa?

8. Background of the SSCAF Soil Project
Project:
• South South Cooperation Assistance Fund
Title:
• Capacity Development on Sustainable Soil Management for Africa (1) - Uganda
• Capacity Development on Sustainable Soil Management for Africa (2) - Rwanda
Implementation organization:
• FAO Representation in Uganda and Rwanda
• Land and Water Division of FAO
Donor:
• China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE)
• China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)
Partner:
• Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Republic of Uganda
• Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), Republic of Rwanda
• The Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning (IARRP) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Period:
• Two years, July 2020 – June 2022

9. Related activities of the Global Soil Partnership
(GSP) to the project
• The Fertilizer Code
• GLOSOLAN
• EduSOILS
Promote Sustainable Soil
Fertility Management in
Uganda and Rwanda

10. Activities
OUTPUT 1: Scientific and technical cooperation promoted
1.1 Provide equipment for efficient laboratory soil testing and for efficient fertilizer testing (Fertilizer Code and GLOSOLAN)
1.2 Support staff in performing soil sampling, collection, and analysis, as well as on fertilizer use and recommendations on
site. (Fertilizer Code)
1.3 Conduct fertilizer quality assessment. (Fertilizer Code)
1.4 Conduct field experiments and demonstrations of fertilizer use to evaluate the effects of fertilization on crop yields.
(Fertilizer Code)
1.5 Establish a fertilizer service. (Fertilizer Code)
OUTPUT 2: National capacities on sustainable soil management practices are enhanced
2.1 Develop 1 courses (EduSOILS)
2.2 Establish EduSOILS (EduSOILS)
2.3 Support the organization of at least one training session on a given soil module (EduSOILS)
2.4 Organize dissemination workshops for universities to demonstrate the availability of the EduSOILS platform (EduSOILS)
OUTPUT 3: Knowledge sharing between global and regional partnerships is promoted
3.1 Global implementation of the International Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers
according to the result of this project. (Fertilizer Code)
3.2 Organize interregional workshops to share the experience. (Fertilizer Code)

11. Thanks for your kind attention!
Yuxin.Tong@fao.org
Vinisa.SaynesSantillan@fao.org