After a fall harvest and before the spring planting season, soil is typically cultivated so it can become more fertile and welcoming for plant growth. All farmers practice at least one type of tillage ...

Jason Bray remembers eyeing a patch of baked clay soil on his and his father’s Middlesex County farm about seven years ago. It was just before the two switched to what some say is a soil-conserving ...

Farmer Steve Stierwalt is shown near strip-till equipment Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Sadorus. Reporter Farmer Steve Stierwalt is shown near strip-till equipment Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Sadorus.

Observed every year on December 5, World Soil Day is a global campaign. It is celebrated annually to raise awareness about the need to conserve soil and improve the sustainability of the future ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Soil and water, two ingredients that support Tunisia’s ...

Ms Obira hand picking weed from her mulched garden. Credit: Ephraim Kasozi/Daily Monitor. Most farmers use the same methods of farming over and over again. This eventually leads to soil degradation ...

Chennai: Soil conservation and water retention measures were rolled out across 40 tribal villages in the Tirupattur Forest Division as part of a project aimed at reclaiming and improving tribal lands.

Drylands take centre stage this week as world leaders gather in Ordos, in the Inner Mongolia region of China, for the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Along the slopes of Radan Mountain in southern Serbia, ...