04/24/2025
🌱It doesn’t matter what country you may farm in, addressing Soil pH is HUGE and helping our farmers understanding our farmers understanding soils better is a MUST!"🌱
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Only 10.9% of Global Soil Is Healthy—Are We Farming Our Own Collapse?
Dr. Suzie | Soil Health Expert (SHE™)
Let’s stop pretending the soil is fine.
Because the data says otherwise.
2025 Soil Health Index (SHI) Global Mapping just revealed:
🟢 Very Healthy: 10.9%
🟡 Moderate: 31.7%
đźź Poor: 43.6%
đź”´ Critically Degraded: 13.8%
Yes—more than half of global soils are in decline.
➤And the clock is ticking.
A. The Problem?
We’re still farming like soil is infinite.
➤ No regular testing
➤Over-reliance on synthetic fertilizers
➤Disconnected from soil biology
➤ Blanket applications, year after year
➤ Tilling, compacting, exhausting the system
And the result?
• Rising input costs
• Flat or declining yields
• Collapsing root zones
• Locked-up nutrients
• Soil that no longer breathes, no longer lives
B. Yet some countries are flipping the script:
➤ Netherlands: Precision ag + compost = higher yields, lower emissions
➤ Brazil: Bio-inputs + microbial tracking → 20% more sugarcane root mass
➤Malaysia: Farms using soil carbon + pH mapping saved RM10k–RM15k per cycle
➤India: Natural farming trials slashed 70% water use in pilot zones
This is not fiction—it’s soil intelligence in action.
C. What Works: Precision + Soil-Centric Farming
➤Soil Carbon Monitoring = baseline for health + sequestration
➤Zone-Based Fertility Mapping = less waste, higher ROI
➤pH + CEC Testing = nutrient unlock
➤ Biological Inputs (biofertilizer, compost, fungi) = microbial restoration
➤No-Till + Cover Cropping = protect structure, reduce erosion
The future is not just "smart" farming—it's soil-smart farming.
D. Here’s My Provocation:
We talk about AI, drones, and agtech like they’ll save agriculture.
But we’re building tech on broken foundations.
Dead soil + smart tech = smart failure.
Before we build, we must heal.
Your Turn:
➤Are you farming with intelligence—or just inputs?
➤Are your fields alive—or just producing?
Tag a grower, agronomist, or policymaker who needs to see this.
Let’s stop farming blindly.
- Dr. Suzie Haryanti Husain
Only 10.9% of Global Soil Is Healthy—Are We Farming Our Own Collapse? Dr. Suzie | Soil Health Expert (SHE™) Let’s stop pretending the soil is fine. Because the data says otherwise. 2025 Soil Health Index (SHI) Global Mapping just revealed: 🟢 Very Healthy: 10.9% 🟡 Moderate: 31.7% 🟠Poo...