The economic, social, and environmental impact of soil health, in the Efeagro Podcast

Soil degradation has an economic, environmental, and social impact that is immediately reflected in the competitiveness and efficiency of the agrarian system: of multifactorial origin, experts agree that ideological polarization must be overcome and work must be done through dialogue and science. This has been one of the conclusions of the podcast "Efeagro Punto de Encuentro," which focused on soil health and featured Pablo Resco, the food strategy manager at Plataforma Tierra; Jordi Domingo Calabuch, the coordinator of sustainable agriculture projects at Fundación Global Nature; the farmer and sociologist Marcos Garcés; and Arturo Larena, the director of Efeverde. You can listen to it on Spreaker, Spotify, and Ivoox. Moderated by the director of Efeagro, Laura Cristóbal, the podcast recalled that, according to community sources, the economic cost of soil degradation in Europe each year exceeds 50 billion euros, so as pointed out in the conversation, "it is not an environmental ...