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Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2024)

More than 600,000 smallholder farmers have applied sustainable soil management practices and have been able to rehabilitate more than 800,000 hectares of land. They have increased yields by an average of 33 per cent
Increased yields by an average of 33 per cent

The Nairobi Declaration aims to triple domestic production of organic and inorganic fertilisers by 2034 and to improve access and affordability for smallholder farmers.
Countries committed to reversing soil degradation and restoring soil health to at least 30 per cent of degraded soils within the same timeframe.
Women make up two-thirds of the 600 to 800 million poor livestock keepers in the world.
Women’s involvement in livestock farming helps alleviate poverty by diversifying income sources and providing a buffer against economic shocks.

All 55 AU member states adopted the Nairobi Declaration, the 10-Year Action Plan on Fertilizers and Soil Health and the overarching Soil Initiative for Africa.
The Brazilian Council for Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA) brings together the various aspects of food security and links civil society and the government.

Food insecurity and malnutrition have risen in the last ten years, as have dependencies on the global markets for food and fertilisers.
Prolonged and widespread soil degradation.
Many African soils are by nature heavily weathered, nutrient-poor and acidified.
Unsustainable management practices and continuous under-fertilisation are the main reasons for severe nutrient depletion and reduced soil fertility, which result in low yields.
The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the Corona pandemic have aggravated this trend, heavily impacting on the availability of and access to fertilisers.
Up to 50 per cent of the world’s rangelands are degraded.
Climate change, conflicts and wars are threatening the right to food.
Hunger is on the rise and Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) – Ending Hunger by 2030 – is far out of reach.
Fifty million people live in food insecurity in the Sahel, while millions of hectares of land are lost to degradation in the region each year.
Dependence on food imports is high.

The Nairobi Declaration aims to triple domestic production of organic and inorganic fertilisers by 2034 and to improve access and affordability for smallholder farmers.
Countries committed to reversing soil degradation and restoring soil health to at least 30 per cent of degraded soils within the same timeframe.
Improving fertiliser use and soil health from an integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) perspective.
The 10-year Action Plan translates the Nairobi Declaration into four outcomes with corresponding lines of action.
14 donors committed to support the implementation of the Nairobi Declaration, the 10-year Action Plan and the Soil Initiative in a coordinated manner.
Investments in large-scale resilience programmes (focusing on soil as the foundation of food, like The Great Green Wall initiative), buying home-grown food and social protection programmes.

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