The earth of the planet is dying. “52% of agricultural land is already degraded. 2 billion people suffer from malnutrition. By 2045 there will be 40% less food for 9,000 million people. that could lead to mass migrations, violence and internal conflicts… If we don’t act now to save the land”. save the landa movement supported by the United Nations and the World Food Programme. Making the population aware of the global land degradation crisis.
“Like most of us, we are familiar with words and concepts. climate change, carbon emissions, air pollution And lack of water, but few focused their attention on the ground. For thousands of years, life on Earth has been sustained by a thin layer of fertile soil above the earth’s crust,” emphasizes Save Soil.
Healthy soils are vital to life. store carbon, filter water reserves and protect global biodiversity. Soil degradation occurs when the organic matter in the soil begins to die and the soil loses its fertility.
“among the reasons unsustainable farming practicesis nutrition, food scarcity, water scarcity, climate change and the dramatic consequences for the Spanish economy” highlights Save the Land.
Large areas of Spain’s geography are currently affected by this process. Actually, More than two-thirds of Spain’s territory belongs to the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid categories..
“Desertification in Spain is no longer a risk, it’s a problemSave Soil, which organized a roundtable a few weeks ago that brought together 134 scientists, farmers and organizations from 31 countries to discuss land policy, warned.
A very profitable investment
Alisher Mirzabaev from the Center for Development Studies at the University of Bonn said at the meeting: For every euro invested in soil restoration, benefits of between 2 and 9 euros can be realized over 30 yearsecosystem and biome to be saved from degradation, depending on the region
“Managing the soil in a sustainable way, restoring and maintaining soil health, very profitable investment economically,” says Mirzabaev.
The main problem is that although The benefits of this investment are hugeMany farmers and private producers are poor and cannot wait decades to support their families. Therefore, Mirzabaev, the importance of public investmenttogether with appropriate policies for land regeneration.
His research over the last 10 years has shown that even when farmers and field professionals are willing to invest in land reclamation, many problems exist, including lack of access to markets and insecurity of land tenure.
The self-imposed mission of Save Soil, whose creator is the yogi, mystic and visionary Sadhguru, Inspire the world’s voting population to support policies that maintain the essential organic content in soil, as experts set between 3% and 6%.
Alisher Mirzabaev presented case studies conducted by the University of Bonn at the meeting. Expanding land and market size, securing land tenure, crop diversification and other measures can help improve the adoption of sustainable land management technologies..
Soil, a magic material
In one of Mirzabaev’s success stories in rainfed agriculture in Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstan government provided a small subsidy of $7 per hectare to ‘adopt the practices.zero tillage‘ (cultivation without soil preparation).
The result was the expansion of conservative agriculture over several million hectares of the country, which increased income for farmers and in turn it supported the economy in general.
Another example is Rally for Rivers leading to political initiatives that promote (awareness raising campaign on river protection) transition from intensive monoculture farming to agroforestrywith which local farmers managed to increase their income by 300-800%.
The general purpose of Save Soil is, ensuring that there is a minimum of 3-6% organic content in agricultural soils in the world. In this way, the soil will be alive and can be used in a sustainable way in agricultural lands.
Eight countries signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with Save Soil, whose message has already reached nearly 4 billion people. Most are about the trip the Save Soil founder took last year.
From London to South India, Sadhguru has traveled 30,000km by motorcycle alone in 27 countries and met with experts, influencers, artists and policy makers to address the land degradation crisis.
“Soil is our life, our body itself. And if we leave the earth, we are leaving the planet in many ways.“The ground is one of the main messages of Sadhguru claiming to be”The only magical ingredient that turns death into life“.
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