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South Africa is on a mission to improve its national soil health, and FIU is helping lead the charge.

Over the summer, the agroecology program hosted a series of soil health workshops at leading South African universities, including the University of Venda, the University of Limpopo, the University of Johannesburg and the University of Pretoria.

Led by Professors Maruthi Sridhar Balaji Bhaskar and Krishnaswamy Jayachandran, the workshops brought together about 100 students and faculty to explore soil degradation, its consequences and best practices for sustainable management.

The initiative was made possible through a USDA Scientific Cooperation Research Program grant titled Training and Education for Agricultural Management (TEAM) to Promot

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