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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Saving our soils is saving ourselves -Neelam Patel, PVS Suryakumar, and Rajeev Ahal

Saving our soils is saving ourselves -Neelam Patel, PVS Suryakumar, and Rajeev Ahal

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published Published on Dec 4, 2022   modified Modified on Dec 5, 2022

-The Hindu Business Line

Enhancing resilient and agroecological strategies is vital for the environment and welfare

It is widely accepted that it takes nearly thousand years for formation of top soil, but when not cared for, can be damaged quickly.

India adopted intensive agriculture practices in a few pockets, ushering in the Green Revolution. But this had consequences — loss of soil structure and fertility. Research shows that nine major minerals and nutrients are missing from the soil in the Green Revolution States; about three-fourths of soil samples in these States had low levels of organic carbon; and carbon content in our soils decreased from about 2.5 per cent in 1947 to about 0.4 per cent in 2020. This indicates movement towards desertification. Hence saving our soils will not only improve our food and nutrition security but humanity as well.

With adequate food stocks, India can now review and gradually move towards ‘Agriculture that promotes Ecology’ called ‘Agroecology’ globally. The Centre’s soil health cards are making positive impacts, about 10 per cent decrease in chemical fertiliser consumption and 6 per cent increased yield, because of appropriate fertilisation.

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The Hindu Business Line, 4 December, 2022, https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/saving-our-soils-is-saving-ourselves/article66223240.ece


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