"We don't need laws, but profitability": On World Soil Day, specialists gathered to discuss this.

Each December 5, by the disposition of the FAO, the World Soil Day is commemorated globally, a day in which the message takes on different nuances but, in essence, it is the same: we must not forget that the world's food comes from the land, and that this finite resource is in crisis. The official event in Argentina was held at the headquarters of the Professional Council of Agricultural Engineering (CPIA), in the heart of the Buenos Aires city center, where some specialists on the subject gave a local tone to the global celebration and recalled that without planning, research, or profitability, there is no soil that will last. The opening of the meeting organized by the CPIA, the Argentine Soil Science Association, Fertilizar, and the INTA was in charge of the heads of the latter two entities. Nicolas Bronzovich, president of the INTA, focused on the need for "clear rules and incentives," but also "reliable and open information" - which can be provided by quality public and ...