Policy and enabling environment for soil health
Working Group
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Vision
Our vision is to create an enabling environment for soil health through robust policy advocacy efforts that are collaboratively driven by CA4SH members. We aim to influence and shape policies at national, continental, and international levels that support the adoption and scaling of healthy soil practices. Additionally, we build partnerships with other organizations and coalitions to amplify our advocacy efforts and create a unified voice for soil health. Through these strategies, we aim to ensure that policies not only recognize the critical role of soil health in enhancing food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity, but also provide tangible support and resources to farmers on the ground.
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Objectives
→ Identify strategic policy opportunities and entry points for soil health.
→ Advocate for government backing to scale soil health globally through global and national level policy frameworks.
→ Carve a clear roadmap for action on soil health both within policy frameworks.
Achievements of the Working Group
Policy roundtable and co-produced six policy briefs on Integrating SOC into Nationally Determined Contributions (AICCRA, 2022)
Co-developed a brief on Lessons Learned from COP28, capturing insights from global soil health advocacy efforts
Reviewed and refined the Partner Toolkit to support members in advocating for soil health policies
Facilitated dialogues related with the National Soil Strategy (Australia), Soil Health Monitoring Law and the EU Mission Soil Manifesto (EU), and Soil Health Inquiry (UK) and other countries interested in developing national soil strategies, for example, as part of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan
Activities for 2025
Policy Briefs
Develop recommendations to include SOC in Member States’ NDCs
Case Studies
Share examples to demonstrate local impact and benefits of integrating soil health into national policy
National Soil Health Mapping
Undertake a mapping of country-level policy actions for soil health to inform future advocacy and strategy - database
Events
Identify, submit, organize, and facilitate events throughout the year, in the lead up to COP30 and beyond
Webinars and Info Sessions
Provide expertise on adaptation and policy routes, identifying processes to integrate soil health in the climate agenda
Main output for 2025
Co-developed briefs for integrating Soil Organic Carbon into countries’ NDCs
Collaborations for 2025
Global Soil Health Act
Recent News
Members of the Working Group
4 per 1000
Agreena ApS
British Soil Society
CIFOR-ICRAF
Climate Champions team
CRS
Ethiopia, Ministry of Agriculture
European Carbon Farmers
European Comission
European Compost Network - ECN
Green Youth Force
Greenup Solutions
Health of Soil International
Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty
International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS)
International Biochar Initiative - IBI
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
International institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
IUCN
IUSS
KALRO
KYETE BIINGI TAI NYEME-KBTN
Land and Health Association
Manager, Agricultural Climate Action and Sustainability Program
Moet Hennessay
National Committee for Family Farming NCFF Nigeria
One Acre Fund
ORMEX
Rabobank
SNV Netherlands Development organisation
Soil4Climate
Sustainable Harvest
Sustainable Soils Alliance
THE SOIL SOLUTION
University of Life Sciences in Lublin
Vaidic Srijan LLP
WWF International