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Managing Soil Health for Future

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Title Managing Soil Health for Future
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Creator B.S. Dwivedi
S.P. Datta
Prasenjit Ray
 
Subject Soil heath problems
Soil health assessment
Soil health evaluation
 
Description Not Available
Incessant deterioration in soil health continues to be a major concern for sustaining
agricultural productivity. A poor soil cannot support high productivity. Any yield gains
achieved on such soil owing to varietal or crop management interventions would not
only be unsustainable, but would also encourage exploitation of native nutrient reserves,
leaving the soil further poorer and more depleted one. With the recognition of the fragility
of natural resources, public interest in soil health has increased tremendously throughout
the world. The COVID-19 epidemic - one of the most threatening mishap of the recent
times, further underlined necessity of maintaining the health of soil and other natural
resources so as to ensure food, nutrition and overall welfare of humans and all other
living beings. It is, therefore, inevitable to precisely monitor the existing as well as emerging
soil health problems under different agro-ecologies, generate pragmatic prescriptions,
and convey them in-time to the end-users. There is a need to bring-in precision in soil
health assessment and management adopting advanced tools and techniques, and also
ensure large scale adoption of the recommendations. Equally important is to enhance
awareness of farmers regarding threats of extractive farming practices, as also regarding
long-term benefits of investing in soil health improvement. The present article gives a
brief account of the current status of soil health and its monitoring infrastructure, and
enumerates a few important options/ways to restore and improve soil health in future.
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Date 2024-07-01T11:22:40Z
2024-07-01T11:22:40Z
2022-12-31
 
Type Preprint
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/83853
 
Language English
 
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Publisher The Fertiliser Association of India