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Agricultural pollution is a hot topic right now. Although farming is crucial to our modern way of life, it’s also responsible for a significant amount of pollution.

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Perhaps the greatest hope for a more sustainable future lies underfoot: our planet’s soil.

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Human urine is treated as a mere waste product, millions of litres flushed away daily.

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A recent study has found that soil is home to 59% of all life on Earth, from an insect feeding on the soil surface to a tiny microbe nestled in a soil pore. This discovery crowns soil as the most biodiverse habitat on the planet.

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Reversing soil degradation is vital if we want to feed a growing global population, protect biodiversity and help address the planet’s climate crisis, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told a meeting of agriculture ministers in Berlin.

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Soil organic carbon is a cornerstone of soil health. It improves soil structure while enhancing water- and nutrient-holding capacity, key factors for any agricultural production system. To build it up, farmers incorporate crop residues into soils.