{"id":370,"date":"2022-12-13T09:04:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T09:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/?p=370"},"modified":"2022-12-13T09:04:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T09:04:54","slug":"dia-mundial-del-suelo-como-cuidar-tu-suelo-y-aumentar-su-fertilidad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/world-soil-day-how-to-care-for-your-soil-and-increase-your-fertility\/","title":{"rendered":"World Soil Day: How to care for your soil and increase its fertility"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of the World Soil Day<\/strong> we bring you a new entry in which we talk about the importance of soil and how we can care for and increase its fertility in agricultural productions.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why is World Soil Day celebrated?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This day is celebrated every 5th December to raise awareness of the importance of healthy soil and to promote its care and conservation through our actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations is presenting the following slogan for 2020: \"....Keeping the soil alive, protecting soil biodiversity<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is soil important?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The soil gives rise to life<\/strong>. Soil stores carbon from the atmosphere and converts it into nutrients and minerals, and is home to small animals, bacteria and other micro-organisms that are essential for plant growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in recent years, due to climate change and human actions, the proportion of fertile soil on the planet has been reduced in a worrying way<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In agriculture, this would have devastating effects on the production level and quality of crops, and consequently on the ability to supply food for the world's population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can we help the soil?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Both on sandy and natural soils, prevents soil compaction<\/strong>The compacted soil is not aerated, and nutrients will hardly penetrate the plant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. It is advisable to ploughing the land periodically<\/strong> to promote soil aeration and maintain soil structure at stable levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Reduces the impact of overexploitation of the soil by carrying out a appropriate crop rotation<\/strong>to allow the soil to rest and recover lost nutrients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Incorporates organic amendments such as coconut fibre<\/strong>. It can be the base of the soil or mixed with other substrates, but you will certainly notice an improvement in the structure and quality of the soil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Avoid the use of chemical pesticides and use natural fertilisers instead. <\/strong>In this way, the plants will not be fed with toxic products and the fruits will be healthier and of higher quality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Con Motivo del D\u00eda Mundial del Suelo te traemos una nueva entrada en la que hablamos de la importancia del suelo y de c\u00f3mo podemos cuidar y aumentar su fertilidad en las producciones agr\u00edcolas. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 se celebra el D\u00eda Mundial del Suelo? Este d\u00eda se celebra cada 5 de diciembre para concienciar a la poblaci\u00f3n sobre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegrower.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}