Living soils proposal final version

Step away from chemical intensive agriculture and nurture our soil

-the ecological way.

Farmers

Civil Society Groups

Agriculture Dept. Bihar

All other Stakeholders

Living Soils Team

Interacted With

No12%

Yes88%

Soil Has Life?

No2%

Yes98%

Awareness of Organic Fertilisers

Biomass Unavailability

• Biomass availability is seriously impacted due to competing uses for cooking, fodder etc. Declining number of

cattle and other livestock components is also contributing to

the biomass crisis.

Lack of a strategy to harness available

biomass

• Support for organic fertilization is now

scattered under various schemes and will

require a clearer focus, along with much better

assessment of soil health and nutrient

needs at the farm level.

Lack of proper grassroots level

institutional mechanism

• Grass roots level institutions that follow a participatory approach

is critical for implementation of a

holistic biomass strategy.

Barriers to Ecological Fertilisation

The 12th Five

Year Plan Approach Paper ‘Faster, Sustainable and

Inclusive Growth’Planning commission of India.

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