New hub to inspire farmers to help protect soils
8 January 2021 |
The online hub will issue guidance for farmers on how to support healthy soils
A new online community hub has been launched to inspire farmers and land managers to take action to better understand soil and care for it.
Experts hope the hub will inspire policymakers, researchers, farmers and the public to protect the precious but degrading resource .
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) warns that a third of the world’s soils are degraded due to intensive agriculture, pollution and climate change.
This has resulted in large amounts of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere, threatening long-term sustainable food production.