Our soils are one of our most precious yet underestimated resources. We rely on them:
- For food and water: UN estimate that 95% of our food stems from them;
- To preserve our ecosystems: GIS Sol estimates that 1/4 of the world biodiversity resides within our soils;
- To fight against climate change: GIEC estimates that 1,500 billion tons of organic carbon are stored into our soils, i.e. 2 to 3 times more than in the atmosphere.
Preserving them while ensuring sufficient productivity to feed the growing world population is a challenge we need to tackle. Organic fertilizers such as frass – insects droppings – can be part of the solution, boosting both soil agronomic performance and microbial activities.
