- Soil fertility diagnosis and recommendations on fertiliser use
- Climate weather info regarding crop production (cropping calendars)
- Disease management on the farms
- Planned national and regional diagnosis of soil fertility potentials and constraints
- Development of appropriate integrated soil fertility management technologies with farmers and promoting their use through formal and informal trainings
- Training of Academic staff, farmers and students on innovations/advances in ISFM technologies and related issues
- Promoting dissemination of ISFM technologies through oral, audio-visual and print media
- Identification of core curricula for M.Sc and Ph.D. programs in Soil Fertility
- Promotion of postdoctoral fellowships and visiting scientist positions at centres of excellence
- Advisory services
- Create a context which allows scientists to develop research proposals, compare research results
- Provide research information (through training) and enhance utilization of mature technologies in ISFM by target clienteles
- Strengthen research-extension interface and institutional linkages for sustainable soil fertility management
- Promote south-south and north south collaboration of scientists
- Promote regular communication/interactions with policy makers