Project info

Organic Resource Management for Soil Fertility – ORM4Soil

Title: Farmer-driven organic resource management to build soil fertility and improve food security

Funding: Swiss Programme for Research on global Issues for Development, a partnership of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Project coordinator: Dr. Andreas Fließbach, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Switzerland

Project sites: Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Zambia

Duration: 2015-2021

URLwww.orm4soil.net

Expected outputs

Output 1: Bio-physical understanding of Soil Fertility Management is increased
Output 2: Integrated socio-ecological understanding of SFM is increased
Output 3: Understanding of effective communication and extension is increased
Output 4: Transdisciplinary knowledge and skills are increased
Output 5: New knowledge for national level is created
Output 6: Recommendations made for national and regional systems