PhosAgro's Global Sustainable Agriculture Project with the FAO Included in Russia's Voluntary National Review of the Implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

MOSCOW, July 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A joint project implemented by PhosAgro and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been included in the voluntary national review of Russia's achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The review document, which was prepared by the Analytical Centre for the Government of the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federal State Statistics Service and other agencies, organisations and companies, will be presented for the first time at a session of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development of the UN Economic and Social Council, which will be held on 7–16 July.

Russia's voluntary national review reflects the country's achievements in the economic, social and environmental spheres across all 17 SDGs. In addition to a comprehensive analysis of a large body of data for each SDG, the review also provides selected examples of successful sustainable development projects.

One of the these projects, which involves support on the part of Russian business for developing countries under SDG 2 (zero hunger), is PhosAgro's unique project in partnership with the FAO to improve farmers' skills in terms of sustainable soil management and to expand the capacity of national soil laboratories in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

PhosAgro became the first Russian company in the entire history of the FAO to be selected to implement a global soil protection initiative. PhosAgro's total funding for the project is USD 1.2 million.

The key objective of the programme is the creation of regional networks of soil laboratories in developing countries, where special attention will be paid to assessing the quality and safety of fertilizers. PhosAgro's primary function in the project is to establish a single global mechanism for promoting technologies and knowledge in the field of sustainable land use based on Russian experience, among other things. This will help farmers, agricultural workers, landowners and anyone else involved in intensive agricultural practices to grow crops in a productive manner without the accumulation of pollutants in the soil.