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(File photo) MANILA - Composting and the use of organic fertilizers are better agriculture practices for the protection of the soil, Senator Cynthia Villar said on Monday. Villar pointed out that bad practices reduce nutrients in the soil, resulting in at least 38-percent degradation. In a video message during the 71st anniversary of the Bureau of Soils and Waste Management (BSWM), Villar underscored the need to produce organic fertilizer from agricultural residues like rice straw, corn stover, animal manure, among others, to replace inorganic, synthetic or chemical fertilizers. It is important that the soil be taken care of to have a productive harvest and lower hunger, and food insecurity in the country, she added. "You are one with us in actively promoting organic farming methods, especially producing organic fertilizer," Villar, chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, told the BSWM. Villar said biodegradable items, like kitchen and garden wastes, can be transforme
revealed a $28 billion plan to radically cut the number of livestock in the country as it struggles to contain an overload of animal manure. the netherlands is the world s second biggest agricultural exporter but is under pressure to reduce harmful emissions produced by livetsock such as methane. anna holligan reports. dutch beef feeds the planet but it is costing the earth. the country s cattle cause 70% of all methane emissions and the agricultural industry is the netherlands biggest source of nitrogen pollution. geertjian wants his business to be sustainable. i am not a farmer who wants to take down the nature around us. no, i want to farm with nature. i m a farmer with nature so i m the solution, give me some tools so i can be the solution for multiple problems. and that is what we are missing at the moment, the tools. we were the pride
so this is quite crucial land in terms of run off. animal manure contains phosphorus, a fertiliser. think rocket fuel for plants. and the more you put on the fields, the more phosphorus leaks into the river. the effects have become shockingly apparent. the river wye turned lime green. it should be clean and clear. the visibility was a couple of inches. it was absolutely shocking. all that phosphorus sparked an explosion of algae, which choked other plants and animals. it was horrible. it looked like someone had poured green paint into the river. it is just not how a river should be. new research shows a massive surplus of phosphorus in the soil. it amounts to 17 kilograms of phosphorus per hectare. the national average is about seven kilograms. so the accumulation in the wye is two to three times greater than within the national average.