date:Dec 07, 2018
he health and wellbeing of the people and the planet.
About 33 per cent of all soils are degraded - and soils continue to deteriorate at an alarming rate, said Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director general, FAO, at the World Soil Day Ceremony at FAOs headquarters in Rome.
Soil acts as a filter for contaminants. But when its buffering capacity is exceeded, contaminants can enter the environment and the food chain. This undermines food security by making crops risky and unsafe for consumption, s