Soil and society are two inseparable entities on this planet Earth. Soil Science provides eyes and ears to the society to translate dreams into reality. Without soil, there is no life and without life, there is no soil. Soil is the foundation of all living entities and the fertility of the soil corresponds to human health. Better the fertility of soil, healthier is the society and healthy society always maintains fertility to attain higher production and productivity. But the quality of soil in recent decades has been declining due to haphazard use of agro-chemicals, erosion, increase in soil acidity and inadequate remedial measures. Soil has been polluted with contaminants, high use of pesticides and rapid urbanization. National policies on land act and phyto-sanitary measures are very weak to address these problems. In order to detoxify all these toxic chemicals, phytoremediation or bioremediation, which involves use of microorganisms  in association with plant host, soil amendments and agronomic techniques rendering soil less contaminated should be the research priority in maintaining healthy soils. Soil Science Division, NARC, with its limited resources has been facilitating researcher to broaden their vision but the number of projects in soil science across the country are diminishing with slight increment in budgets. However, recently the importance of soil has been aptly addressed in Nepal by UN and honorable Prime Minister of India posing considerable challenges to the Soil Scientists of Nepal. Future focus of research should address micronutrient replenishment, nanotechnology and sustainable soil fertility management.

Soil and society are two inseparable entities on this planet Earth. Soil Science provides eyes and ears to the society to translate dreams into reality. Without soil, there is no life and without life, there is no soil. Soil is the foundation of all living entities and the fertility of the soil corresponds to human health. Better the fertility of soil, healthier is the society and healthy society always maintains fertility to attain higher production and productivity. But the quality of soil in recent decades has been declining due to haphazard use of agro-chemicals, erosion, increase in soil acidity and inadequate remedial measures. Soil has been polluted with contaminants, high use of pesticides and rapid urbanization. National policies on land act and phyto-sanitary measures are very weak to address these problems. In order to detoxify all these toxic chemicals, phytoremediation or bioremediation, which involves use of microorganisms  in association with plant host, soil amendments and agronomic techniques rendering soil less contaminated should be the research priority in maintaining healthy soils. Soil Science Division, NARC, with its limited resources has been facilitating researcher to broaden their vision but the number of projects in soil science across the country are diminishing with slight increment in budgets. However, recently the importance of soil has been aptly addressed in Nepal by UN and honorable Prime Minister of India posing considerable challenges to the Soil Scientists of Nepal. Future focus of research should address micronutrient replenishment, nanotechnology and sustainable soil fertility management.