Description
Soil Health, National Wealth: India Silent Infrastructure Crisis is a thought-provoking and interdisciplinary book that highlights the critical yet often overlooked role of soil in national development. It presents soil not merely as a farming input, but as a living, dynamic infrastructure essential for water regulation, carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. Drawing on decades of scientific research, field experience, and policy analysis, the book emphasizes the growing gap between soil management policies and ground realities in India. It critically examines issues such as declining soil organic carbon, groundwater depletion, and increasing dependence on chemical inputs, arguing for a shift toward sustainable and system-based soil health management. The book integrates insights from agrometeorology, climate science, data analytics, and artificial intelligence to propose modern solutions like soil health mapping and carbon accounting. Inspired by global soil science leaders, it calls for treating soil as a national asset crucial for long-term agricultural and environmental sustainability.