In my home country of India, we are facing a crisis. According to research from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, around a third of our soil is now considered degraded, and the land is losing approximately 74 million tonnes of nutrients each year, with economic losses running into tens of billions of rupees. Yet soil is far more than money and mud. Healthy soil is a complex living ecosystem, with a single teaspoonful containing more organisms than there are people on Earth.

Acting as a natural sponge, living, nutrient-rich soil protects us against droughts and floods while supporting ...

 

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