Mapping out options for model legislation for sustainable soil management in Africa; in African Soil Protection Law

One World – No Hunger:
Sustainable soil management in and for Africa

Through the One World – No Hunger initiative, the German Government has committed itself to doing its utmost to eradicate hunger all over the world using a joint and
collaborative approach. The initiative One World – No Hunger which was launched in
2014, and which has never been more pertinent, addresses its main objective, fighting
hunger and malnutrition, by combining measures from the areas of food security, rural
development and the promotion of agriculture. We need to acknowledge that degradation of soil and land is constantly accelerating. We are losing ground, every year a plot
the size of Italy, when ground is so urgently needed to produce food, to fight climate
change, to host biodiversity and to provide people with a living – and thus to avoid
societal, political and, especially, military tensions.
The non-discriminating nature of the Covid-19 pandemic has left us with no doubt
that we are all in the same boat; that we all live in the same world. Owing to our close
economic interrelationships and interdependence, on one hand, and our high mobility,
on the other hand, the virus has reached almost every corner of the world. Governments
have been forced to shut down social life as well as economic activities. The effects
have been dramatic all over the world, but the countries of the Global South are likely
to be hit hardest. For the first time in years, the number of hungry people around the
globe has increased over the last few months.