@...@ You might think that dirt doesn*t matter that much after all there seems to be so much of it all over the planet//
But researchers warn that the world*s precious supply of topsoil © which we need to grow food crops, absorb excess carbon and supply us with new antibiotics is being lost faster than it can be replenished through natural processes// And the decreasing supply of soil could have a catastrophic effect on agriculture and the world supply of food//
@...@ The UN, which designated 2015 as the International Year of Soils, warns that 33 percent of the planet*s soil resources are being degraded due to erosion, pollution, acidification and nutrient depletion — destructive processes that are caused by bad land management// ©And unless new approaches are adopted, the amount of productive farmland on Earth per person will only amount to one~fourth of the amount available in 1960//