Srinagar, Dec 05: The World Soil Day-2022 was celebrated on Monday by SKUAST-Kashmir at Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Srinagar, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ganderbal and Krishi Vigyan Kendra Gurez, Bandipora.
The international observance was recommended by the International Union of Soil Sciences in 2002 to aware people of the degrading condition of the soil, its impact and its prevention. This day reminds us about the need to manage soil resources in an eco-friendly manner. The day raises awareness about the importance of healthy soil. This year, the theme of World Soil Day-2022 is “Soils: where food begins” with a motive to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being.
The stress was laid on the importance of ‘soil health’ on developing organic inputs for large scale adoption of sustainable farming practices like Organic/Natural farming which are inevitable for restoring deteriorating soil conditions. ‘World Soil Day’ aims to raise awareness about the growing challenges in soil management in view of intensive cropping, over-utilization of chemical inputs, environmental pollution and climate change etc. The event saw on farm demonstration of vermicomposting technology to the participating farmers using Eisenia fetida earthworms.
