Our mission is to improve global soil health by addressing critical implementation, monitoring, policy, and investment barriers that constrain farmers from adopting and scaling out healthy soil practices.

Our Strategic Objectives

  • Integrate soil health considerations in policy across the development, environment, and climate change domains, and along value chains.

  • Significantly increase the number of hectares of land under improved practices for soil health.

  • Expand on research in development into soil health practices, monitoring and evaluation, and financial tools and mechanisms.

  • Significantly increase investments in soil health, by a margin of 5-10 fold above current financing commitments.

Background

Under the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit preparations, 1,800 Game-Changing and Systemic Solutions were submitted through public participation forums, and those related to soil were brought together by Drs Rattan Lal, Leigh Winowiecki, and Joao Campari - leader of the Action Track 3 theme on healthy soil ecosystems. By collating these initiatives, a core group was formed, originally called the Global Soils Hub. Building off of this, the Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health, as it is now, was officially launched in September 2021 at the UNFSS. CA4SH also had the added support of a private sector guiding group within the UNFSS who supported our vision.

Coalition Members

Our Activities

Our strategic activities focus on five interconnected areas that together create an ecosystem of support for improving soil health globally.

  • Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

    Facilitating collaborations between stakeholders to drive inclusive actions that empower smallholder farmers

  • Policy & Enabling Environment

    Fostering evidence-based policies that integrate soil health and support equity and inclusivity at all levels

  • Finance & Investments

    Connecting resources and initiatives that promote equitable and long-term investments in soil health

  • High-Level Advocacy

    Convening stakeholders in global dialogues to elevate the soil health agenda

  • Science & Research

    Driving implementation of robust soil health monitoring frameworks while supporting capacity-building to track interventions over time

Avenues for Engagement