CABI to Launch Major Push for Improved Soil Health Knowledge Across Africa | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

WALLINGFORD, England — CABI, the non-profit science and development organization, has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will contribute to radical change in the understanding and use of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) techniques in Sub-Saharan Africa, enabling smallholder farmers to grow more and better crops.

The four-year, $4.5 million project will work closely with scientists from research institutes in the region and Europe and in ongoing development initiatives, particularly the AGRA Soil Health Program. Using an open consortium approach, it will ensure that the wealth of research and new information available on the subject of ISFM is successfully brought together, communicated, and translated into action by everyone involved in farming systems development – from policymakers and university lecturers to extension workers, input suppliers and the farmers themselves.

To read the full press release, visit the CABI website.