Soil degradation is an environmental concern that occurs when land becomes less fit for a specific purpose, like crop production. As the soil loses nutrients, namely phosphorous, nitrogen and potassium, ...
Soil mineral nutrition and nutrient cycling form the foundation of agricultural productivity, determining both crop yields and the environmental footprint ...
Starting in the mid-20th century, humans began to move around more soil than the natural forces of erosion and volcanic activity taken together — we became geological agents, as environmental ...
Drought is projected to affect 75% of the world's population by 2050. Take that in. ‘Drylands’ now make up nearly half of all land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, and droughts "fuelled by human ...
Soil testing and analysis rates are on the decline across all of Ireland’s main agricultural land use sectors.
COP30 was expected to be a nature and implementation summit, but the negotiations in Belém have revealed a deeper structural tension. Implementation and finance may headline the agenda, but a deeper ...
When you buy new cropland, you're not just buying the soil, you're also investing in the years of fertilizer, inputs, and stewardship the previous owner put into it. However, are you paying for those ...