Contents: Message to Readers -- Editorial -- Special Feature -- Opinion Peace -- Articles:Towards a sustainable Soil Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Challenges and Management Options -- Priorities for Sustainable Soil Management in Nigeria -- National Priorities for Sustainable Soil Management in Gambia -- Priorities for Sustainable Soil Management in Ghana -- Strategies Towards Sustainable Soil Management in Cabo Verde:Environmental and Livelihood challenges -- Sustainable Soil Management in Niger: Constraints,Challenges,Opportunities and Priorities -- Can Nigerian soil Sustain Crop Production? -- The Dilemma of a Soil Dentist -- Siltation of Major Rivers in Gonarezhou National Park,Zimbabwe: a Conservation Perspective -- Comparative Study of the Production of Maize Cultivars that are tolerant of low-nitrogen Soils,with and without Fertilizer in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Effect of no--tillage with Mulching on Yield of East African Highlands banana inter-cropped with beans at Mulungu,in the Eastern Democratic republic OF Congo -- Agro-economic efficiency of mineral and organic fertilization of beans on the ultisols of the highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo -- Physio-Chemical Properties of Souls Under oil Palm Plantations of Different Ages -- Utilization of Aerobically Composted Wood Waste and Chicken Manure as Organic Fertilizer -- Soil Erodibility Evaluation in Makurdi Benue State,Nigeria -- Role of Soil in Nutrition Sensitive Food Systems in Africa -- The Importance oF sustainable Land Management for Food Security and Health Human Nutrition in Central Africa -- Human Impacts On Sustainable Soil Management in game Parks:Findings Based On Research in the Kruger National Park,South Africa and Reconnaissance Studies in the Serengeti National toreF/Park,Tanzania -- A Meta- Analyses of Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Tress,afforestation And Woody Perennials through Soil Carbon Sequestration in Africa -- Sustaining Soil Natural Capital Through Climate-Smart Farmland Management -- Agricultural Intensification by Scale Farms in Hydromorphic wetlands as a tool to Counteract Climate Effects:A Case Study in xai-xai District in Mozambique -- Soil Fertility and Climate Benefits of Conservation agriculture adoption,in the Highlands of Tanzania -- Observations from the Field: Impacts of conservation programming ON community livelihood strategies and local governance structures in the Eastern Arc Mountain Range,Tanzania -- Analysis of Sustainable Livelihoods diversification of marine fishing Communities in Benin -- Country Focus:Republic of Cabo Verde -- FAO Activities :Key Messaging on Soils from the forestry departments of food and agriculture organization of the united states -- Promoting Sustainable Soil Management in Sub-Saharan Africa through the African Soil Partnership.