Yet, in most agricultural landscapes, the soil is depleted from excessive use, repeated cropping, little time for natural regeneration, excessive chemicals and irrigation, and the use of machinery. In ...
Soil is a valuable resource with a very slow rate of regeneration—a single centimeter of soil can take hundreds of years to form. In the European Union, 60–70% of the soils are considered ...
Many shortlisted projects operate from the grassroots, are community-led and in many cases, women-led. Despite many working on a relatively small scale, as a whole they respond to global challenges ...