Africa's soils are among the most degraded in the world and steps must be taken on a large scale  to increase fertility and encourage the use of better agronomic practices.

AGRA’s Soil Health Program launched in early 2008 aims to regenerate 6.3 million hectares of degraded farmland over the next 10 years through a balanced, Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM). This will benefit an estimated 4 million rural households - approximately 24 million people. The AGRA-funded program is environmentally sustainable and economically affordable to the hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers who stand to benefit. It is a vivid example of the critical importance of soil health to Africa’s Green Revolution.