Soil Health Improvement

Overview

Soil health is the foundation of sustainable agriculture. This workstream focuses on field experiments that demonstrate how organic fertilizers, composting, cover cropping, and other regenerative practices can restore degraded soils and improve crop productivity.

Working directly with smallholder farmers across the West Nile Region, we test and validate soil improvement techniques that are affordable, locally appropriate, and scalable. Our research provides evidence for transitioning away from synthetic inputs toward ecological soil management.

Key Activities

Objectives

• Demonstrate the effectiveness of organic and regenerative soil management practices through rigorous field experiments
• Build farmer capacity in soil health assessment, composting, and ecological soil management
• Generate evidence on the economic and environmental benefits of soil regeneration for smallholder farmers
• Develop locally-validated soil health protocols that can be scaled across the West Nile Region
• Contribute to policy discussions on sustainable soil management and agricultural extension

Expected Impact