An advanced new online prediction engine is transforming how soil spectroscopy laboratories assess landscape health across countries, cutting analysis and prediction costs while dramatically accelerating the delivery of data critical to landscape restoration and food system transformation. The new technology was developed through the Soil and Land Health Lab and the Spatial Data Science and … Read more
From August 31st to September 5th, Dakar became the meeting point for a shared ambition, pulsed to the rhythm of a single rallying call: to transform Africa’s food systems. Nearly 6,000 participants from 106 countries, alongside 149 exhibitors and 40 ministers, gathered for the 2025 Africa Food Systems (AFS) Forum, one of the continent’s most influential platforms for agricultural policy, finance and practice. Soil health and … Read more
Eliane Ubalijoro,CIFOR-ICRAF CEO interacts with Ambassador Gunnar Andreas Holm, the Ambassador of Norway to Kenya, during the Kenya workshop. Photo CIFOR-ICRAF. Up to 65 per cent of Africa’s productive land is degraded, while desertification affects 45 per cent of its total land area. Healthy soils are essential for food security, underpinning high crop and livestock … Read more
Soil is like the earth’s skin — a protective layer that makes up a complex ecosystem. That skin, which supports all life on Earth, is under threat, with scientists from a new global think tank warning 90 per cent of the planet’s soil could be degraded by 2050 unless urgent action is taken. “If we … Read more