Mozambique: Better Cotton Initiative & FAO Global Soil Partnership promote sustainable soil management

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced its partnership with the globally recognised mechanism FAO Global Soil Partnership to promote sustainable soil management. Through the collaboration, BCI is undertaking two pilot projects, Soil Doctors and RECSOIL, designed to allow farmers to make immediate and responsible decisions on soil management. The Soil Doctors programme promotes the establishment of a farmer-to-farmer training system and aims to build the capacity of farmers on the practice of sustainable soil management. By doing so, it seeks to support governmental agencies and organisations working on agricultural extension services and support field research based on interactions between the Soil Doctors representatives and research institutes. It also seeks to promote the concept of soil testing prior to recommendations on soil management, BCI said in a press release. BCI had implemented a Soil Doctors pilot programme in Mali in April and plans to roll the programme ...