Beyond “Wastelands”: India’s Grasslands and Semi-Arid Soils Matter More Than Ever
This World Soil Day, India’s changing perception of its so-called “wastelands” offers life-changing lessons. Soil health is a lens through which ecological, social and climatic interdependencies are exposed rather than just a measure of agricultural performance. India’s semi-arid grasslands and savannahs have suffered for over a century. It is due to the detrimental colonial legacy…