This Agricultural Soil Management Policy provides for the protection of soil as foundation of agricultural development and ecological sustainability and the basis for agricultural production, in order to recognise and appreciate the important connection that soil has with food, water, climate, biodiversity and life. The Policy presents a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach, with soil management practices for increasing land productivity, and thus identifies the following key areas: sustainable agricultural soil management; soil management and environment; technology development, dissemination and utilisation; fertiliser development and investments. Concerning the definition of general and specific objectives, the Policy focuses on: ensuring development opportunities for agricultural production in Kenya, in order to reduce poverty and improve food security through improved soil management; promoting efficient and sustainable use of soil as a resource for increased agricultural productivity; developing and applying appropriate agricultural soil management technologies towards restoration and maintenance of soil fertility; providing a framework for research and dissemination and utilisation of appropriate technologies on agricultural soil management; creating an enabling policy environment for public and private investments in agricultural soil management improvement programmes. The Policy is structured as follows: Introduction; sustainable agricultural soil and water management, including: agro-forestry measures, land reclamation, soil rehabilitation; soil management and the environment, including climate change and variability impacts on agricultural soils; technology development, research and adoption of technologies; fertiliser development and investments; cross cutting issues, including: gender and agricultural soil management, public-private partnership; institutional framework; monitoring and evaluation of the Policy.
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