| Sumario: | This document presents the achievements and reflections for the period 2002-2005 of the CIAT Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute (TSBF-CIAT). As such, this document complements and updates the TSBF-CIAT Strategy Document “Integrated Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics: From Knowledge to Implementation”. Since its creation in 1984, TSBF has conducted foundational research on the role of biological and organic resources in tropical soil fertility, in order to provide farmers with improved soil management practices for sustainable increase in agricultural productivity. This is in recognition that soil fertility depletion is the fundamental biophysical cause for declining per capita food production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Latin America. In 1997, CIAT created a soils team (PE-2 Project) in Latin America to focus on identification of strategic principles, concepts and methods for protecting and improving soil quality through the efficient and sustainable use of soil, water and nutrient resources in crop-pasture-fallow systems in tropical savannas and hillsides agro-ecosystems. Agreement between CIAT and the TSBF Programme in 2001 led to the latter’s becoming an institute of CIAT (TSBF-CIAT).
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