World Soil Day

Mother Earth

World Soil Day is held on 5 December to focus on the importance of healthy soil and advocating for the sustainable management of soil resources. The date of 5^th December celebrates as world soil day. It was the official birthday of H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the king of Thailand Who officially sectioned the event.

The soil community could really contribute to the efforts of food security, hunger eradication, climate change adaption, poverty reduction and sustainable development.

The earth body of soil. The upper layer of earth in which plants grow. A black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organics remains clay and rock particles. Unfortunately due to our materialistic lifestyle world is suffering from soil pollution. Due to uses of inorganic products and exploiting Mother Nature. The presence of toxic chemicals in the soil in high enough concentrations to pose a risk to human health and the ecosystem. In the case of contaminants which occur naturally in soil. The levels of the contaminants’ in soil exceed the level that should naturally be present is also a soil pollution.

We with Dr. Archika Foundation are very much aware of this threat to human beings and all creatures of Almighty.

Dr.Archika Foundation always motivate for plantations and growing plants, which helps a lot to strengthen our relationship with soil. The particle of soil cannot produce artificially.

The four most common erosion prevents methods are vegetation, geotextiles, mulch and retaining walls. Vegetation: The simplest and most natural prevent erosion is through planting. Plants established roots systems, which stabilizes soil and prevent soil erosion.

Establishing world soil day may be an achievement for modern world but our ancient Indian culture motivates us to honor every day as soil day. We chant SHANTI MANTRA from Veda as *SHANTI PRITHVI….*

Latest by Shri Guru Granth Sahib teaches us PAWAN GURU PANI PITA, *MATA DHARAT* MAHAT, – GURBANI