European Soil Partnership: Eurasian Soil Partnership

Eurasian Subregional Soil Partnership (EASP)

Official website

https://eurasian-soil-portal.info/ (Russian language)

https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/regional-partnerships/europe/eurasian-soil-partnership/en/

Governance

Chair: Mr. Murat Temirzhanov (Kazakhstan)

Vice-chair: Mr. Aliaksandr Chervan (Belarus)

Regional facilitator: Ms. Natalia Rodriguez Eugenio (GSP Secretariat)

Secretariat (Russian Federation): Mr. Pavel Krasilnikov - Executive Secretary, Alexey Sorokin (Pillar 1), Anna Kontoboytseva (Pillar 2), Maria Konyushkova (Pillar 3), Oleg Golozubov (Pillar 4) and Olga Yakimenko (Pillar 5).

The following EASP Steering Committee members took over the leadership for the pillars of action.

Pillar 1: Sustainable soil management	Mr Hakki E. Erdogan (Türkiye)
Pillar 2: Soil awareness raising	Ms Elena Sukhacheva (Russian Federation)
Pillar 3: Soil information & research	TBC
Pillar 4: Regional coordination	Mr Iurii Rozloga (Moldova)
Pillar 5: Data comparison & harmonization	Mr Hukmatullo Ahmadov (Tajikistan)

List of countries

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

History

The launch of this partnership took place as part of the International Conference on Eurasian Food Security Network and Eurasian Soil Partnership, held in Moscow on 18-20 November 2013.

The Subregional Partnership is embedded in the Global Soil Partnership of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the subsequent European Soil Partnership.

Activities

The 6^th Eurasian Soil Partnership plenary meeting took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 23-24 May 2023.

In 2021 the Book «Sustainable Soil Management in Eurasian Region» was published. It provides a detailed overview of the implementation of sustainable soil management practices in the Eurasian sub-region, as the result of the regional experts’ collaboration (Link to Download book in Russian language).

In the Russian Federation, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, Eurasian Center for Food Security, the World Bank, the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy with other partners organized 5 Scientific and Practical Conferences on Food Security and Soil Science, dedicated to World Soil Day in 2016-2020. Conferences have been held jointly with leading science, research, and educational institutions from Eurasian region with the aims of exchanging experience and knowledge and of strengthening cooperation among scientists, researchers, government officials, agribusiness, and nonprofit organizations to address practical and applied problems.

Various trainings, consultations and webinars in line with GSP agenda and action areas are held.