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Traditional Earthen Pottery exhibit during Forest Food Festival at IHM Rajbagh
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The soils of Jammu and Kashmir State have been classified into the
undermentioned 8 groups:
1. BROWN EARTH/BROWN FOREST SOILS: These soils have
been spotted in parts of Kathua, Udhampur, Doda, Poonch,
Rajouri, Anantnag and Baramulla District. Soil are of silt loam to
clay texture and fine granular subangular blocky structure. Soil
Organic carbon and total nitrogen contents are nearly uniform upto
60 70 cm depth. Soils are slightly to moderately alkaline (pH 7.8
8.3). Soils may contain upto 10% calcium carbonate. Their water
holding capacity exceeds 40%. They belong to groups Haplustalfs,
Ochraualfs, Eustrochrepts, Hapludolls, Udorthrents, Cryothrents Brown Earth / Brown Forest Soils
25OC but their ESP is less than 15. They belong to Ustifluvents,
Hapluaquents and Ustorthents great groups.
8. ALLUVIAL SOILS: These soils cover plains of Kathua, Jammu
Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur in Jammu, Vales in Kashmir and
Sindh in Ladakh sub divisions. They are situated in the flood plains
of Ravi, Chenab, Jhelum and Sindh rivers and their tributaries.
They are old and new alluvial soils. Old alluvial soil contain high
amounts of Calcium Carbonate and are slightly to moderately
alkaline (7.07.7) organic carbon between 0.28 0.61%. They
belong to great group Ustifluvents and Udifluvents
Saline Alkali Soils Alluvial Soils
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After two years of intensive work, 2015 was declared the International Year of Soils by the 68th UN General Assembly
(A/RES/68/232). The IYS aims to be a platform for raising awareness of the importance of soils for food security and essential
eco-system functions.
THE 5 PILLARS OF ACTION
The Global Soil Partnership will support the process leading to the adoption of sustainable development goals for soils. It will
contribute to environmental wellbeing through, for example, preventing soil erosion and degradation, reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, promoting carbon sequestration and promoting sustainable use of agricultural inputs for soil health and
ecosystems management. It will equally contribute to human wellbeing and social equity through improved use and governance
of soil resources, finding alternatives to soil degrading practices through participatory experiential processes, and being sensitive
to issues of gender and rights of indigenous peoples. In order to achieve these objectives, the GSP should address five main
pillars of action:
1. Promote sustainable management of soil resources for soil protection, conservation and sustainable productivity
2. Encourage investment, technical cooperation, policy, education awareness and extension in soil
3. Promote targeted soil research and development focusing on identified gaps and priorities and synergies with related
productive, environmental and social development actions
4. Enhance the quantity and quality of soil data and information: data collection (generation), analysis, validation,
reporting, monitoring and integration with other disciplines
5. Harmonization of methods, measurements and indicators for the sustainable management and protection of soil
resources
To celebrate the closure of the International Year of Soils and the World Soil Day, many events of all kinds took place
worldwide between the 4th and the 7th of December 2015. World Soil Day was celebrated at FAO headquarter on the 4th of
December. "Let us promote sustainable soil management rooted in proper soil governance and sound investments. Together, we can promote
the cause of soils, a truly solid ground for life," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon through the message he sent for the occasion.
A vast number of celebrations were also organized by other FAO offices and other partners around the world. Throughout the
year a vast amount of information material has been produced in numerous languages. FAO has also released some key
publications on soils this year: Revised World Soil Charter, the Farmer's Compost handbook and Understanding Mountain Soils: A
Contribution from mountain areas to the International Year of Soils 2015.