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Having realized the upcoming soil crisis, the Food
Agriculture༛Organization༛of༛the༛United༛Nations༛set༛up༛the༛topic༛of༛
“Be the Solution to Soil Pollution”༛for༛the༛World༛Soil༛Day༛activity༛
in 2018. The aim was to focus on solving soil pollution problems,
to raise awareness on soil pollution, to prevent and reduce pollution
in communities, as well as to stimulate positive changes.

Next challenge: Stop Soil Erosion

Soil༛erosion༛is༛considered༛one༛of༛the༛ten༛major༛soil༛issues༛(2015 Status
of༛the༛World๟s༛Soil༛Resources༛report)༛caused༛by༛three༛accelerators,༛i.e.,༛
water, wind and plowing. These three factors wash off the top layer of
the soil packed with organic matters and nutrients, leaving behind the
low-fertility༛layer༛which༛is༛not༛suitable༛for༛agriculture.༛At༛the༛same༛time,༛
the pollution which has been accumulating in the top layer is washed off
and enters water bodies, causing them to become contaminated.
The severity of soil erosion has an impact on food stability and safety.
It༛also༛obstructs༛sustainable༛developments༛which༛aim༛to༛achieve༛the༛
๡Zero༛Hunger๢༛goal.
Thus,༛countries༛worldwide༛have༛agreed༛on༛the༛2019༛World༛Soil༛Day༛
topic of “Stop Soil Erosion, Save our Future!”