About 1.700 billion people suffer from the reduction of crops due to the state of the soil.

About 1.7 billion people live in areas where crop yields are decreasing due to human-caused soil degradation, according to the 'State of Food and Agriculture' (SOFA) report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In the report, released on Monday, the organization warns that this is "a widespread and silent crisis that is undermining agricultural productivity and threatening the health of ecosystems worldwide." The consequences of soil degradation affect approximately 1.7 billion people globally who live in areas where agricultural yields have declined by ten percent. "Of these, 47 million are children under 5 years old who suffer from stunted growth," the report adds. According to the document, "Asian countries are the most affected, both by their accumulated degradation debt and their high population density." It emphasizes that "soil degradation is not just an environmental problem, but it affects agricultural productivity, rural livelihoods, and ...