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Promote sustainable management of soil resources. Encourage investment, technical cooperation, policy, education awareness and extension in soils. Promote targeted soil research and development focusing on identified gaps and priorities. Enhance the quantity and quality of soil data and information.
“Soil management is sustainable if the supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural services provided by soil are maintained or enhanced without significantly impairing either the soil functions that enable those services or biodiversity.
Protect soil from physical, chemical and biological degradation, limit erosion and avoid deforestation. Restore soils on degraded, stranded and marginal lands. Maintain soil-based ecosystem services, water availability and quality. Enhance soil productivity according to its natural capacity.
The importance of sustainable soil management (SSM) for the United Nations system and all international organizations is unambiguously stated in the Revised World Soil Charter (FAO, 2015): the overarching goal for all members is to ensure that soils are managed sustainably and
Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) is one of the main key factors for agricultural crop production, providing a range of regulating, supporting and cultural ecosystem services in addition to food, fodder, fuel, and fiber.
Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) deals with sustaining soil health and management strategies to protect soil health and food production without adversely affecting the environment.
Important Sustainable Soil and Land Management (SSLM) practices, including prevention and mitigation of degradation, control of soil erosion, management of soil organic matter and improvement of water use. Information sources, assessment practices and techniques for scaling up.
