India, Feb. 27 -- The health of India's soils is at risk and there will be grave consequences of this unless immediate and concerted action is not taken, experts have said at the ongoing Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2025 in Nimli, Rajasthan

Biswapati Mandal, Professor, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Kalyani and NK Lenka, Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, offered new insight on the state of Indian soils at their session titled Is India losing its soils?

"Indian soil is one of the most vulnerable soils; average soil erosion in India is 20 tonnes per hectare per year against the global average of 2.4 tonnes per hectare per year," said Mandal.

He added, "Our soil is losing its natural resilience - degrade...