Kigali summit calls for better data on soil health to boost food security

Former African presidents and other leaders at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.

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As concerns over food security grow across Africa, soil health is emerging as a critical factor that could force farmers to rethink not just application rates but the type of fertiliser best suited to their soils.

The details emerged at the Kigali Africa Food Systems Forum this week where farmers, experts and policy makers gathered to pore over cutting down the continent’s mammoth $50 billion annual food import bill.