Why Russian soils are losing fertility and how to stop the process

More nutrients are removed from the soil with the harvest than are returned with fertilizers. In the long term, this can lead to land depletion and lower productivity.

Yury Lachuga, a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and academician, told Agroexpert why more attention must be paid to preserving soil fertility and what measures can help ensure the sustainable development of crop production.