Pillar 3 - Research
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Presentation delivered during Day 1 of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly – 5th Session that took place at FAO Hq in Rome, Italy, from 20 to 22 June 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Liesl Wiese, GSP Secretariat, FAO
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Pillar 3 - Research
- 3. Pillar 3 Plan of Action Recommendations: 1. Evidence of return on investment in soil research 2. Encourage inter- and transdisciplinary research 3. Capitilize on existing R&D research initiatives and outputs 4. Foster synergy and engagement between researchers and end-users
- 4. 3.3 Implementation Plan Focus on: Identifying research priorities related to 10 major soil threats Fostering collaboration between initiatives to address the research gaps Strong support from the
- 5. Pillar 3: Implementation Due to work of the Started implementing activities: Global symposia for each of the 10 soil threats to strengthen science-policy interactions
- 6. Pillar Chair: Liesl Wiese ITPS Pillar 3 Chair: Brajendra • Africa: Martin Yemefack • Asia: Kazuyuki Yagi • Eurasia: Svyatoslav Baliuk • Europe: Coen Ritsema • Central America, Caribbean, Mexico: Carlos Henriquez • Near East-North Africa: Rafaat Kamal Yacoub • North America: Jerry Hatfield • South America: Mary Selva Viera Vargas • Southwest Pacific: David Hunter Pillar 3 Working Group
- 7. Regional Activities • Regional research platforms • Identify and prioritize research gaps • Focused research on the economics of soil management and benefit to ecosystems • Strengthen research institutions (capacity building, explore cooperation) • Implementation of small research projects
- 8. Way forward Consultation of experts to identify main regional soil research gaps Electronic surveys Global workshop – if linked to scientific symposium Regional Pillar chairs AND relevant research and national institutions and groups
Editor's Notes
- Summary of recommendations for implementation of the GSP Pillar 3 Plan of Action: The Plan of Action for Pillar 3 includes four main recommendations to enhance interactions between the scientific community engaged in conducting basic and applicable R&D on soils, and end-user communities including decision makers, in order to boost impact through adaptation and dissemination of the knowledge and technologies developed: Recommendation 1: Compile for all partners evidence of the return of investment in soil research, stressing the importance of soil functions (e.g., economic cost of soil degradation and the value of its rehabilitation) for the provision of services by ecosystems and in reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Recommendation 2: Encourage inter- and transdisciplinary research and development to support the five pillars to enhance the development of appropriate sustainable soil management practices and systems, the applicable use of soil information, the harmonization of methods and determination of best indicators, and the dissemination of research results beyond the scientific community, to globally support economic growth, environmental sustainability and social development. Recommendation 3: Capitalize on existing R&D research initiatives and outputs through meta-analysis and synthesis reviews for all partners, to identify global, regional and local emerging priorities. Recommendation 4: Foster synergy and engagement between research and end-user communities, and donor agencies, to facilitate active collaboration in a joint-learning approach that can be effective in broadening the research focus and enhancing its impact As a consequence, soils R&D in general should help to better understand: (i) soil processes and how they contribute to soil functions, (ii) how we can efficiently manage (protect and enhance) soils so that they can continue to fulfil these functions, including the rehabilitation of degraded soils, and (iii) how we better understand the geographic distributions of soil functioning and the trajectories of future changes in these functions. For this purpose, the soils research community should be strengthened with improved access to research results, facilities, logistics, and to resources needed for boosting innovative soil research.
- The Global Implementation Plan for Pillar 3 focuses on identifying research priorities to address the ten major soil threats identified in the Status of the World’s Soil Resources Report and fostering collaboration between existing research initiatives to address these priorities. While the GIP is being developed, current efforts are made to bring the global research community and decision makers together. The GPA addresses global issues, while not specifying thematic and geographic priorities. In fact, the definition of R&D priorities is to be done at regional level via the Regional Soil Partnerships (RSPs). Since many of the required actions will be carried out by these RSPs, the recommendations are of broad nature, and should guide implementation in accordance with regional and national contexts and priorities. The Plan of Action for Pillar 3 stresses the enhancement of strategic collaboration within the global soils R&D community, with a main facilitating role of the GSP; provides pertinent background considerations on potential contribution of R&D to global economic growth, environmental sustainability and social development; and proposes a framework for implementation of concrete action plans and programmes. In addition, to ensure changes in attitude and practice at end-user level, scientists and decision makers developing new soils R&D programs need: (i) to understand the factors that will affect the uptake and impacts of improved technologies by end-users and therefore, to develop suitable options for their promotion; and (ii) to identify and address main change agents within the political, economic, environmental and demographic sectors for effectively closing the gap between research and technology adoption. To this end, lessons learnt from previous and current agricultural research and implementation efforts should be intensively documented and incorporated in future R&D strategies.
- Organizing global symposiums is a way to bring international scientists and research initiatives together and strengthen the science-policy interaction.