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In June 2006, the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union endorsed the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer for the Africa Green Revolution, a continental strategy to reverse the worrying trend of poor productivity of the African soils. [...] Rationale for Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan Due to decades of continuous soil nutrient mining and the age of the soils, Africa’s soils, which are among the oldest, globally, have become the poorest in the world. [...] While many of the building blocks for a solution to the deteriorating soil health in Africa are in place, the overall attention and resources devoted to the course have been fragmented and inadequate. [...] The convening of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit and the development of the Soil Initiative for Africa (SIA) and the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan was first endorsed at the 40th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2022, reference decision (EX. [...] Objectives of the Summit The purpose of the Summit is to bring together all relevant stakeholders to highlight the crucial role of fertilizer and soil health in stimulating sustainable pro-poor productivity growth in African agriculture and to agree on an African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan, as well as the Soil Initiative for Africa framework.