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Zoberbac Sustainability

10 THREATS TO AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE WORLD

The FAO takes time putting on the table one of the major problems of agriculture in the short, medium and long term: the  degradation of the soil . Not so long ago, even without big data revolutionizing this sector, he produced a report with the collaboration of two hundred scientists and researchers thanks to soil data from more than 50 countries that he called:  State of the World’s Soil Resources.

The main objective of it was to obtain a clear image of how the world’s soils were, the same one from which every day the food that reaches the stores comes out and keeps agriculture going.

Multiple conclusions can be drawn from the report when reading it, although the main one is that a black shadow hovers over the cultivated lands of the five continents, Spain included.

But before talking about them, the first thing to ask yourself is something important: what is soil degradation? And without there being a simple answer, we can say that it is, basically, a change in the ecosystem, a negative variation in its health that translates into its inability to produce adequately with variable results from the absence of crops to a lower productivity of them.

The document State of the World’s Soil Resources presents ten threats to soil functions that no farmer can and should not forget:

1. Salinization. 

The soil has salts (Na, K, Mg, Ca, sulfate, carbonate and bicarbonate) naturally and in a secondary way or salinization that arises from human intervention with actions such as inadequate irrigation with waters rich in salt or insufficient drainage.

2. Nutrient imbalance. 

It has two aspects: On the one hand, the soils do not receive enough nutrients to achieve their optimal development and performance and, on the other hand, they receive an excess of them that have as a consequence the deterioration of water quality and the high emission of gases greenhouse effect, such as nitrous oxide and is intrinsically linked to blocking elements that are not available to plants, but are available to pollute. In both cases, this imbalance becomes the key to lower or simply bad production.

3. Acidification and alkalinity. 

The pH of the soil decreases due to the accumulation of hydrogen and aluminum ions and the disappearance of basic cations such as Ca, Mg, K and Na that produces the leaching or displacement of soluble substances. In the case of Spain, a large part of the territory has the opposite problem, the soils are calcareous and alkaline and this condition can generate fixations and blockages of some important nutrients, such as phosphorus, iron and others.

4. Pollution.

Soils receive chemicals and materials that are pollutants, either by pollution itself or by excess elements initially necessary that are in concentrations higher than normal.

5. Loss of organic carbon (COS).

Soil organic carbon is that which remains after the partial decomposition of any material produced by living organisms and is key in the global carbon cycle through the atmosphere, vegetation, soil, rivers and the ocean. Its loss in the soils responds to its conversion into carbon dioxide or methane (both greenhouse gases) and to its physical disappearance from the soil by erosion.

6. Loss of biodiversity. 

Not much explanation is needed, the diversity of micro and macro-organisms in the soil is seriously diminishing.

7. Denial. 

When they are very humid and drowned, there is insufficient oxygen in the pore space for the roots of the plants to breathe, in addition there is another effect the accumulation of carbon dioxide and ethylene near the roots.

8. Compaction. 

As the surface soil and the subsoil are denser and less porous, the roots cannot penetrate and, in addition, they have problems for the exchange of water and gases.

9. Erosion.

The hydric occurs when the flow of surface water transports the detached soil particles giving rise to furrows or gullies. Wind power arises when the wind or air from the dry or loose soil causes the particles to be transferred to other places. The tillage takes place when the action of man makes an inadequate distribution on the land.

10. Sealing.

It refers to covering the natural cover of the earth with buildings, roads, etc. that prevent you from breathing properly.

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WE CONTINUE TO SERVE TELEMATICALLY

Aware of the importance of the agricultural sector at this time, Zoberbac Agrocompany informs that, while this health crisis lasts and to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we will continue to serve our customers  via telematics and deliver our products, as long as it is available. transport of goods for this purpose.

However, we have adopted extraordinary measures to protect the health and safety of our clients, collaborators and workers so as not to stop providing our services as far as possible. All of them will be reviewed as required by circumstances and the evolution of events.

New Covid-19 measures from Zoberbac

  1. All of our facilities will be closed, but the support team will continue to work remotely and serve customers during our business hours (Monday through Thursday, 7.30 am to 5 pm and Friday from 7.30 am to 1.30 pm).
  2. During these days, we will be available to our clients via skype, telephone, during business hours. Our telephone number is  938 11 54 00,  info@zoberbac.com  and on the usual mobiles.
  3. All meetings, visits and meetings planned with our clients and collaborators in our facilities or outside of them are canceled or will be carried out remotely, by telephone or videoconferences / conference calls as far as possible, if they so wish.

From Zoberbac Agrocompany we apologize for all the inconvenience that may be caused and we thank you in advance for understanding these exceptional measures established.

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SOME FACTS TO UNDERSTAND WORLD SOIL DAY

On World Soil Day, which is celebrated every December 5, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) wants to send some messages to consumers and farmers about the meaning of soil erosion in our subsistence, an initiative to which we join.

What is soil erosion?

It is the removal of the most fertile top layer  of the soil from the earth’s surface by the action of water, wind and tillage. And, although it occurs naturally in all weather conditions and on all continents, it accelerates up to 1,000 times due to unsustainable human activities.

In fact, human-induced erosion is mainly caused by removal of vegetation cover, tillage, overgrazing, deforestation, land leveling, and inappropriate land use changes. Therefore, erosion is the  main threat  to the soils of our planet.

Five keys to soil erosion

  1. By 2050, it will cause a 10% loss  in  crop productivity.

  2. More than 80% of  land degradation  in sub-Saharan Africa is due to it.

  3. If nothing is done, within three decades, the  estimated losses  in crop yields will be equivalent to eliminating 1.5 million km2 of cultivated area (the size of India, more or less)

  4. The formation of two or three centimeters of soil can take  1,000 years .

  5. Every five seconds the equivalent of a football field erodes .

The Big Five Impacts of Soil Erosion

  1. Decrease in the health and productivity of soils. And, pay close attention, it influences both the quality and the quantity of agricultural production.

  2. It entails significant losses of soil biodiversity. The soil houses a quarter of it, by removing the most fertile layer, erosion causes a decline in biodiversity.

  3. Limits the response to climate change, by displacing organic carbon, this erosion decreases the potential to mitigate both change and its adaptation to it.

  4. It increases the risk of landslides and floods because it affects the infiltration, storage and drainage of water in the soil, amplifying the hydrogeological risk.

Contributions that we can all make

We are being asked to stop soil erosion and  save the future of the planet. We are all asked to do our bit:

  • To  farmers:

    • Cover crops.

    •  Crop rotation.

    • Limited tillage.

    • Maintenance  of vegetation on the surface.

    • Construction of terraces  or wind protection belts.

  • To whole  world:

    • Let them plant vegetation to protect the soil such as lawns, shrubs, trees and grasses that will develop a root system that will hold the soil sections firmly together.

  • To  civil society:

    • Participate in raising awareness of the importance of soils, particularly among young people.

  • To  legislators:

    • Integrate sustainable land management policies  into a broader resource management program.

  • To scientists:

    • That they continue to search  for innovative solutions  and  technologies to assess, control and prevent soil erosion.

An international campaign that is followed around the world with the hashtag  #StopSoilErosion,  #WorldSoilDay  and  #ErosióndelSuelo, which we join, and is key to achieving the sustainable development goals.

* Information source: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)

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