Save Soil & Farmers

Inspiration

THE CRISIS: Lack of organic content turns soil into sand, leading to:

FOOD CRISIS In 20 years, 40% less food is expected to be produced for 9.3 billion people. Poor soil leads to poor nutritional value. Today's fruits and vegetables already contain 90% fewer nutrients. 2 billion people suffer from nutritional deficiencies leading to multitude of diseases.

CLIMATE CHANGE Carbon stored in soil is 3x that in living plants, and 2x that in the atmosphere, which means soil is crucial for carbon sequestration. If the world's soils are not revitalized, they could release 850 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere contributing to climate change. This is more than all of humanity's emissions in the last 30 years combined.

LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD Thousands of farmers are committing suicide due to depletion in soil. 74% of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally. It is estimated that soil extinction is costing the world up to US$ 10.6 trillion every year.

WATER SCARCITY Depleted soils cannot absorb and regulate water flows. Lack of water retention leads to water scarcity, droughts & floods. Organic matter can hold up to 90% of its weight in water and release it slowly over time. This is a big help in drought-prone areas.

LOSS OF BIO-DIVERSITY Scientists say that around 27000 species of life forms are becoming extinct every year due to loss of habitat. The crisis has reached a point where 80% of the insect biomass has gone. Loss of biodiversity further disrupts the soil habitat and prevents soil regeneration.

CONFLICT AND MIGRATION Population growth, and food and water scarcity could cause over 1 billion to migrate to other regions and countries by 2050. Land issues have played a significant role in over 90% of major wars and conflicts in Africa since 1990. From the French Revolution to the Arab Spring, high food prices have been cited as a factor behind mass protest movements.

Save Soil is a global movement launched by Sadhguru, to address the soil crisis by bringing together people from around the world to stand up for Soil Health, and supporting leaders of all nations to institute national policies and actions toward increasing the organic content in cultivable Soil. We at "Pranatree" have some up with a solution to support the save soil movement by creating a product that will:

1. Incentivize the farmers to increase the organic content in soil to the required 3-6% using a sensor based system on farms
2. Enable economic support to farmers by facilitating easy access to carbon credit subsidies
3. Ensure a percentage of sales at stores from organic produce goes back to the original farmer via farmer's DAO so that it not always the middlemen who profit vs the hard working farmer

What it does

we want to create a farmers dao for creating and managing economy which enhances solil health and helps deliver rich nutritious products.

How we built it

we are using a basic setup for dao on dfinity.

Challenges we ran into

we didn't had much time. :)

What's next for Save Soil & Farmers

We are seeking funding to develop the sensors that measures the organic content, hire ICP/Difinity developers, soil scientist and nutritionists to realize the project.

Built With

• icp