The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now
Soil erosion is a silent crisis eroding Africa’s future. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), nearly half a billion hectares of land (494 million ha - an area larger than the entire European Union) is being degraded. The main culprit is soil erosion, stripping away vital nutrients from farmlands, threatenin...
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| author | Bolo, Peter Kihara, Job Kinyua, Michael Waswa, Boaz S. |
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| description | Soil erosion is a silent crisis eroding Africa’s future. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), nearly half a billion hectares of land (494 million ha - an area larger than the entire European Union) is being degraded. The main culprit is soil erosion, stripping away vital nutrients from farmlands, threatening food production, and robbing the continent of billions of dollars every year. This document, based on the latest evidence reported in a recent policy brief, lays out the true cost of soil erosion, and what can be done to reverse it: a call for a “zero erosion campaign.” |
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| spelling | CGSpace1770492025-10-14T08:39:12Z The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now Bolo, Peter Kihara, Job Kinyua, Michael Waswa, Boaz S. erosion land degradation fertilizers soil degradation emissions from agriculture Soil erosion is a silent crisis eroding Africa’s future. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), nearly half a billion hectares of land (494 million ha - an area larger than the entire European Union) is being degraded. The main culprit is soil erosion, stripping away vital nutrients from farmlands, threatening food production, and robbing the continent of billions of dollars every year. This document, based on the latest evidence reported in a recent policy brief, lays out the true cost of soil erosion, and what can be done to reverse it: a call for a “zero erosion campaign.” 2025-09-01 2025-10-14T08:39:11Z 2025-10-14T08:39:11Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177049 en Open Access Bolo, P.; Kihara, J.; Kinyua, M.; Waswa, B.S. (2025) The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now. [Blog post] Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Published online 9 September 2025. URL: https://alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/cost-soil-erosion-sub-saharan-africa-time-act-now |
| spellingShingle | erosion land degradation fertilizers soil degradation emissions from agriculture Bolo, Peter Kihara, Job Kinyua, Michael Waswa, Boaz S. The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now |
| title | The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now |
| title_full | The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now |
| title_fullStr | The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now |
| title_full_unstemmed | The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now |
| title_short | The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now |
| title_sort | cost of soil erosion in sub saharan africa why the time to act is now |
| topic | erosion land degradation fertilizers soil degradation emissions from agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177049 |
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