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Healthy Soil, Healthful Food – 2015 UN Year of Soil

Human and ecological systems rely on soil for the provision of water and nutrients for plant growth, the regulation of the water cycle and the storage of carbon. Climate change and its impacts: increases in temperature, changing precipitation patterns, floods and droughts, will not only affect us but may also affect how soil provides these services. Importantly soil is a major factor in our response to tackling climate change as it is the second largest carbon pool after the oceans (EEA, 2015). Healthy soils are the foundation of the food system. Our soils are the basis for agriculture and the medium in which nearly all food-producing plants grow. Healthy soils produce healthy crops that in turn nourish people and animals. Indeed, soil quality is directly linked to food quality and quantity (FAO, 2015).

Food Security; Food safety; Soil health; Climate Change

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