When farming or agriculture comes to mind it directly means soil . As we all know that soil is a base element of agriculture without which farmers would not be able to grow plants. Soil is used to grow food for both humans and animals. Farmers can't imagine it's life without soil except in advance technologies where soilless farming such as hydroponics is being practiced, but eventually soil sets the base to agriculture industry. Besides serving for agriculture ,forestry and biodiversity , soil also act as a filtering, buffering and transformation layer for the activities between atmosphere and groundwater. It also protects the food chain cycle and prevents water against pollution. History : The term soil was basically derived from the word " SOLUM" , which means FLOOR. Generally soil reffers to the loose surface of earth as identified from tha original rock and minerals from which it is derived through weathering process. As soil provides nutrients, water,