Awareness Programme on Soil Health Management on 27.06.2024 by KVK, Wyra

Soil was that the basis of the food system and is formed with 45.0% minerals, 25.0% water, 5.0% organic matter and 25.0% air. Soil supplied essential nutrients, water, root support and oxygen that plants required to grow and produced the required yield. The soil quality was said to influence the food quality and quantity. It may be a critical a part of successful agriculture and was that the original source of the nutrients that were use to grow crops. The nutrients move from the soil into plants to produce cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables and fruits required for human consumption. The healthiest soils produce the healthiest and most abundant food supplies. Soil acts as a media for the expansion of all plants by modifying the atmosphere favourable to plants by emitting and absorbing gases and mud as well as provide habitat for the organisms that hold purifies, alters, releases water and processes nutrients. Soils are habitats for beneficial soil microbes that are nature’s hidden helpers. They form synergistic relationships with plants to guard them from stress and supply them with nutrients, among other tasks. Nutrient-rich soil supplied essential nutrients required by plants to grow, develop and produce abundant harvests. Soils vary greatly in their chemical and physical properties with the processes like leaching, weathering and microbial activity combine to make a whole range of different soil types. Soil sampling provided a representative snapshot of fertility across agricultural field providing farmers with critical information to make their best management. A soil test can determine fertility or the expected growth potential of the soil which indicated nutrient deficiencies, potential toxicities from excessive fertility and inhibitions from the presence of non-essential trace minerals. The test was used to mimic the function of roots to assimilate minerals. KVK, Wyra participated in awareness programme on ‘Soil Health Management’ at PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya, Khammam on 27.6.2024. The meeting was attended by scientists Dr. Jessie Suneetha W, Mrs. P. S. M. Phanisri, Mr. K. Vinod Kumar, the school teaching faculty and students as part of a pilot project on School Soil health programme. The students were sensitized on the need for protecting the soil from further degradation and destroying it with excess use of fertilisers can lead to food shortage as the lands become barren. The loss of biodiversity as whole species of living things disappear due to deforestation and increased pollution will affect our health. The rising temperatures may be too much for all living things on the planet to survive destroying them all. Also, the students were explained on the procedure of soil sampling, its testing and dosage to be used after the test results.