The ground beneath our feet

Why soil health and biodiversity matters for the survival of the planet

Eucalyptus exonerated

Save our soil

Seeds of starvation

Intensive agriculture is destroying China's soil

World Soil Day: Preserving and restoring soil health is crucial for a prosperous and sustainable future

With pressing population needs and greed, soil productivity is consistently decreasing

Super sensors

Using urea

Mobile soil nutrient tester

The soil meter will be available in four months; cost: Rs 5,000

Opportunists among plants

Invasive species thrive by making the most of nutrition that comes in spurts

Excess CO2 in air retards plants growth

Nitrogen? Warming?

Enough of carbon talks. Heres a new element with potential

Organic matters

Soil carbon can foretell soil health

Seeds of failure

Soybean does not sprout in 40,000 hectares in Maharashtra, state blames farmers

Fertilizers acidify soils

Crop yield drops, plant biodiversity is impacted as a whole  

Locust repellents

The insect dislikes crops rich in nitrogen and proteins

Now farmland reservation

Rural development ministry suggests land reservation for agriculture

Measure of tolerance

New way to calculate capacity of soil to resist erosion

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Ground works

Wastewater treatment plant that also functions as a garden

Fruits of doing nothing

Two young farmers of Karnataka prosper by overcoming tiller instinct  

That's rich!

Sugarcane cultivation and manure production can go hand in hand

A glut of nitrogen

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

Indore’s soil is malnourished

Vital nutrients missing: study 

Lest mountain slips

Wireless sensor network to predict landslides