Soil degradation

With soil degradation We mean the reduction or the complete loss of fertility and therefore of the economic capacity of the Soil resource.

The degradation process is mainly linked to loss of biodiversity, to the impacts of climate change, to deforestation and intensive agriculture.

The land degradation - the deterioration or loss of soil production capacity for the present and the future - it is a global challenge that affects everyone through food insecurity, rising food prices, climate change, environmental risks and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

La soil degradation is happening at an alarming rate and, when soil is degraded, the carbon and nitrous oxide inside it are released into the atmosphere.