Pointed out that the soil is thin and thin all over the world
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It has been pointed out that due to the slowdown in population growth in recent years, “ the possibility of a food crisis due to population explosions has been reduced ”, but on the other hand, farmland has fallen sharply due to the effects of excessive agricultural production and natural disasters. Is becoming a new problem.
Challenges in the Diagnosis of Magnesium Status
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163803/
America is running out of soil
https://theweek.com/articles/554677/america-running-soil
Only 60 years of farming left if soil degradation continues-Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-food-soil-farming/only-60-years-of-farming-left-if-soil-degradation-continues-idUSKCN0JJ1R920141205
A research group such as Jamie Workinger, who studies nutrition at the University of Syracuse in the United States, said, “Even though essential minerals, especially magnesium , plays an important role in human metabolism, 45% are magnesium deficient. ' We analyze that the cause is a decrease in magnesium contained in crops such as American vegetables and fruits.
The following graph shows the transition of calcium, magnesium, and iron content in cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, and spinach since 1914. Over the past 100 years, the amount of minerals in American vegetables has been reduced by 80% to 90%.
Furthermore, not only the quality of the soil but also the amount of soil itself is decreasing. According to a
Moreover, soil loss is occurring not only in the United States, but around the world. For example, soil losses in China and India are 30 to 40 times more than natural recovery, much higher than in the United States. As a result of these soil losses, about 30% of the world's arable land has been transformed into unproductive land in the past 40 years. It is equivalent to. For this reason, Deputy Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Maria Helena Cemed said, “If the soil is damaged at the current speed, there will be no land suitable for farmland in 60 years.” Ringing a warning bell.
Considering that it takes 20 years to regain even 1mm soil naturally, and that it takes 1000 years if it becomes 3cm, you can see how irreplaceable soil that is being lost in the world is .
by Marion Wunder
According to the overseas news media The Week , “Soil is not just a burrow, it is a kind of environment where minerals and organic matter are combined, and it is the place where animals and plants live. If we neglect the soil, `` Humanity will follow the same path as the ancient Roman Empire, which is said to have been destroyed due to the deterioration of farmland, '' he pointed out, and the view that the protection of soil through the expansion of organic farming and environmental protection is urgent Showed.
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