Nation Building
Reclamation Program For Degraded Soils
Out of India’s Total Geographical Area (TGA) of 328.72 million hectares, officially about 29.7% (i.e. 97.85 million hectares) is degraded. However, the practical reality might just be grimmer! With uncontrolled usage of artificial fertilizers and synthetic pesticides over the last 6-7 decades, our agricultural lands have depleted in their fertility even to the extent of being degraded. Quite understandably, this is creating enormous pressure on food security of our ever-burgeoning population. Hence, rejuvenation and/or reclamation of degraded agricultural soils is of utmost importance to us.
Our honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought” on 14th June 2021, at the 14th Session of the Conference of Parties of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The Prime Minister duly emphasised on the following aspects:
- Restoration of 26 million hectares of degraded land aimed by 2030 to achieve an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
- India is on track to achieve its national commitment of Land Degradation Neutrality.
- It is our sacred duty to leave a healthy planet for our future generations.
In order to fulfil this vision, and for any successful reclamation of depleted or degraded soils, what ultimately is needed is to increase the self-generated microbial life in our soils (especially those used for agriculture) that we have lost due to indiscriminate usage of artificial fertilizers and synthetic pesticides.
SafeU has developed numerous models for effective amelioration of Mother Earth (thereby meeting the objectives of the PM-PRANAM scheme of GoI) through the most efficient bio-conversion of organic wastes – containing the highest amount of self-generated microbial life forms per unit volume vis-à-vis any other compost – using the Novcom Composting Technology of IORF.
