This was Egypt’s first workshop for the SUS-SOIL Project. The Faculty of Organic Agriculture team at Heliopolis University organized & executed the first workshop within the framework for SUS SOIL Project.

The workshop took place at Sekem Farm in Sharkia Governorate in Egypt, with the attendance of diverse project stakeholders; including farmers, land managers and representatives from governmental and academic organizations.

Highlights of the workshop for the SUS-SOIL Project:

A brief about the project, its funding entity, monitoring & sampling parameters

SUS-SOIL platform structure & role of involved stakeholders

Collecting info. From attendees about soil management challenges and proposed solutions

Site visit to one of Sekem farm agricultural lands and real-life sampling practices training

The attending stakeholders made the workshop a success and expressed their appreciation for the information shared as well as their excitement to be part of such an impactful project.

About the SUS-SOIL Project:

SUS-SOIL is a 4-year Horizon Europe funded project that adopts a multidisciplinary approach, focused on the development of 15 Subsoil Living Labs that act as an open innovation ecosystem of collaboration in real-life environments to co-create, test, and validate new solutions for sustainable soil and subsoil health promotion.

Learn more about the SUS-SOIL through the project website here