ABSTRACT
It is noteworthy to mention that soil degradation implies the deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, which is of grave concern encompassing ecosystem sustainability, and livelihood that can potentially snowball into greater international issues including food insecurity leading to inflation of food prices, soil erosion causing sedimentation of dams and floods, reduced revenue, reduced return to investments, increased expenditures, and population migration creating resource and ecological imbalances and so on. Actually, soil is a dynamic system that emerges through a unique balance and interaction of its biological, chemical, and physical components. Hence any remediation work has to be built on a holistic approach to soil rehabilitation and restoration of soil processes using fundamental agro-technologies.
