Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked World Soil Day 2022 with the launch of its first global report on black soils, which are at greater risk than ever ...
The world’s soils are getting degraded due to erosion, compaction, soil sealing, salinization, soil organic matter and nutrient depletion, acidification, pollution and other processes caused by ...
With carbon as its main component, soil organic matter is crucial to soil health and fertility, water infiltration and retention and food production. Conserving and restoring soils, as a major carbon ...
In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, FAO commemorated World Soil Day 2020, underscoring the prominence of soil biodiversity and its central role in sustaining life on Earth and securing ...
FAO has also stressed the importance of generating reliable soil data, though it warns that many countries face challenges in this area. The agency has published the Global Soil Laboratory Assessment ...
ISLAMABAD: As ‘World Soil Day’ was observed on Friday, a new assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has found that Pakistan’s soils generally suffer from low ...
There is dearth of information on the quality of soils across Africa, including Nigeria. But plans are afoot for a massive soil survey project to be overseen by scientists stationed across the ...
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