China launches first national soil survey in 40 years
After 40 years of intensive agriculture, China is finally carrying out a new soil survey to help with its food security and carbon targets
Source: chinadialogue.net
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After 40 years of intensive agriculture, China is finally carrying out a new soil survey to help with its food security and carbon targets
While the extent of China's soil pollution crisis is becoming clearer, the consensus on what to do next is still lacking.The results of the state soil survey earlier this year were damning: 16.1% of sampling points nationwide were in breach of soil quality standards, with farmland suffering the highest failure rate at 19.4%.However, Wang Kairong, Deputy Dean of the School of