Documenting Progress for Soil Knowledge Exchange

Objectives of the assignment include:

1. To document and analyze soil health use cases by capturing the co-design, application, and scaling of data-driven approaches that address soil degradation, improve productivity, and enhance ecosystem resilience across sub-Saharan Africa;
   
2. Generate evidence-based insights and best practices to support the development of replicable and scalable soil health solutions, aligned with continental frameworks such as the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan and the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme
   
3. Provide technical support to the project by consolidating progress into high-quality reporting elements and visual assets, while strengthening targeted, data-driven advisory services for smallholder farmers and pastoralist communities.
   

This consultancy will focus on documenting and advancing the co-design, application, and scaling of soil health use cases that support sustainable agriculture, resilient food systems, and improved livelihoods across sub-Saharan Africa. It will examine how soil health investments and data-driven approaches can address soil degradation, enhance crop productivity, and strengthen ecosystem resilience, while identifying barriers and opportunities for integrating soil health into policy, planning, and investment frameworks.

The assignment will align with continental initiatives such as the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan and the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Plan. It will document and generate evidence-based insights, success stories, and best practices to support replicable, scalable solutions, with a particular emphasis on strengthening targeted advisory services for smallholder farmers and pastoralist communities. Ultimately, the consultancy will contribute to the project outcomes and outputs and the broader African Union and United Nations priorities, including progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals related to food security, poverty reduction, and climate resilience.

The consultant will provide technical assistance and implementation of visual assets to support the project reporting, consolidating project progress in the form of written reports and visual assets to summarize the work.