{"id":14642,"date":"2026-04-24T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/fr\/thought-leadership\/banking-on-soil-a-canadian-asset-to-grow\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:24:12","slug":"banking-on-soil-a-canadian-asset-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"rbc_tl","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/fr\/leadership-avise\/institut-action-climatique\/agriculteurs-rapports\/banking-on-soil-a-canadian-asset-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Le sol, cet actif canadien \u00e0 faire fructifier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t mob-mar-t pad-t mob-pad-t\" id=\"h-nbsp-soyons-clairs-nbsp-l-agriculteur-est-responsable-du-sol-qu-il-laboure-c-est-une-ressource-naturelle-qui-ne-se-regenere-pas-aussi-vite-qu-elle-s-epuise-l-agriculteur-doit-donc-ouvrir-un-compte-d-epargne-sol-non-seulement-cela-en-assurera-la-conservation-mais-le-compte-produira-un-revenu-et-des-interets-nbsp\"><em>\u00ab&nbsp;Soyons clairs&nbsp;: l\u2019agriculteur est responsable du sol qu\u2019il laboure. C\u2019est une ressource naturelle qui ne se r\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e8re pas aussi vite qu\u2019elle s\u2019\u00e9puise [&#8230;]. L\u2019agriculteur doit donc ouvrir un compte d\u2019\u00e9pargne \u00ab\u00a0sol\u00a0\u00bb. Non seulement cela en assurera la conservation, mais le compte produira un revenu et des int\u00e9r\u00eats.&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mar-l-dbl mob-mar-l-dbl is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/IMG_0518.jpeg?quality=80&amp;w=185\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26812\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Cette citation, traduite librement, est extraite de <em>Making Money by Saving Soils<\/em> (\u00e9dition de&nbsp;1958), l\u2019ouvrage qui fut la source initiale du Leadership avis\u00e9&nbsp;RBC. Elle n\u2019a rien perdu de son actualit\u00e9. La question de la conservation des sols pr\u00e9occupe les agriculteurs depuis tr\u00e8s longtemps. Si les \u00e9tudes, les statistiques et les techniques modernes permettent de mieux comprendre ce qui se passe sous nos pieds, les d\u00e9fis \u00e0 relever pour obtenir de bonnes r\u00e9coltes n\u2019en demeurent pas moins les m\u00eames.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-climate-action-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4df23995bb85b88686e8fbd99dd5485d\" id=\"h-annees-1950-nbsp-nbsp-une-responsabilite-nationale\">Ann\u00e9es 1950&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Une responsabilit\u00e9 nationale <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>En&nbsp;1950, un Canadien sur cinq faisait partie de ce qu\u2019on appelle la population agricole<sup><a href=\"#legal-1\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-78edd76d\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"1\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">1<\/a><\/sup>. Pour RBC, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, s\u2019il importait de pr\u00e9server le sol, c\u2019\u00e9tait parce qu\u2019il repr\u00e9sentait&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rbc-list is-style-black-disc\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>Un moyen de subsistance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>L\u2019espoir de s\u2019enrichir<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>Un actif \u00e0 transmettre \u00e0 la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration suivante<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Les agriculteurs \u00e9taient incit\u00e9s \u00e0 pratiquer la rotation des cultures, la gestion responsable des \u00e9l\u00e9ments nutritifs et la pr\u00e9servation des milieux situ\u00e9s en bordure de champ (bois et cours d\u2019eau). Trois raisons poussaient \u00e0 labourer&nbsp;: cela permettait de pr\u00e9parer un lit de semence appropri\u00e9, de d\u00e9truire les plantes ind\u00e9sirables et d\u2019am\u00e9liorer les qualit\u00e9s physiques du sol. Aujourd\u2019hui, on sugg\u00e8re plut\u00f4t le contraire, afin de r\u00e9duire l\u2019\u00e9rosion, de favoriser la biodiversit\u00e9 des sols et d\u2019\u00e9viter de perturber les puits de carbone qu\u2019ils constituent. Au Canada, ce changement de pratique est favorable \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 du sol. Nos sols sont consid\u00e9r\u00e9s aujourd\u2019hui comme des puits de carbone nets, du fait du non-recours au labourage dans les Prairies et \u00e0 l\u2019accroissement de la productivit\u00e9 dans l\u2019ensemble du pays<sup><a href=\"#legal-2\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-674db13a\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"2\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-climate-action-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1282392a8ebeb2a34f7e18599017bd45\" id=\"h-fin-du-20-e-siecle-nbsp-nbsp-le-moteur-de-la-productivite\">Fin du 20<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Le moteur de la productivit\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Des ann\u00e9es 1940 \u00e0 la d\u00e9cennie&nbsp;70, l\u2019agriculture s\u2019est grandement transform\u00e9e. Les progr\u00e8s accomplis par les sciences de la vie et la m\u00e9canisation allaient entra\u00eener l\u2019adoption massive de nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de v\u00e9g\u00e9taux, des engrais et pesticides industriels ainsi que d\u2019\u00e9quipements qui permettaient de produire davantage par hectare&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;il le fallait, car la population mondiale augmentait rapidement. Simultan\u00e9ment, le nombre d\u2019agriculteurs diminuait sensiblement&nbsp;: en&nbsp;1980, sur 21&nbsp;Canadiens, un seul faisait partie de la population agricole<sup><a href=\"#legal-3\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-0960774a\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"3\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pour optimiser la croissance des v\u00e9g\u00e9taux, les exploitants introduisaient davantage d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ments nutritifs dans le sol (azote, phosphore et potassium, notamment). Cela a pu conduire \u00e0 employer trop d\u2019engrais, ce qui a des effets n\u00e9fastes sur la composition du sol et entra\u00eene la pollution des cours d\u2019eau. Toutefois, la quantit\u00e9 de r\u00e9sidus de r\u00e9colte retournant au sol augmentait aussi, d\u2019o\u00f9 des gains de mati\u00e8re organique enfouie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De nos jours, le perfectionnement de l\u2019outillage apparu pendant la \u00ab&nbsp;r\u00e9volution verte&nbsp;\u00bb se poursuit et conduit \u00e0 produire davantage de r\u00e9coltes de qualit\u00e9. Les intrants et le mat\u00e9riel agricole offrent de plus en plus souvent autant d\u2019avantages sur le plan de la sant\u00e9 du sol qu\u2019au chapitre de la productivit\u00e9. Citons par exemple les engrais biologiques et la vaporisation de pesticides dans les seuls cas o\u00f9 il est vraiment n\u00e9cessaire d\u2019\u00e9liminer des plantes envahissantes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-climate-action-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3982af1fa07a5e6ad41a8f5757040370\" id=\"h-21-e-siecle-nbsp-nbsp-un-capital-naturel\">21<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Un capital naturel <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui, moins de&nbsp;2&nbsp;% des Canadiens vivent ou travaillent dans une exploitation agricole<sup><a href=\"#legal-4\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-32464780\" data-dig-label=\"4\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">4<\/a><\/sup>. Cela n\u2019emp\u00eache pas le Canada de figurer, au classement mondial de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire, des exportations de produits agroalimentaires ou de la qualit\u00e9 et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des aliments, parmi les 10&nbsp;premiers<sup><a href=\"#legal-5\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-92d2958d\" data-dig-label=\"5\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">5<\/a>,<a href=\"#legal-6\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-156d48d0\" data-dig-label=\"6\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">6<\/a><\/sup>. Toutefois, le fait que la population agricole de notre pays soit si peu nombreuse repr\u00e9sente une menace pour l\u2019avenir de ce secteur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Par rapport \u00e0 ce qui se passait il y a 70&nbsp;ans, les agriculteurs peuvent compter sur un r\u00e9seau de partenaires et de conseillers beaucoup plus \u00e9tendu, et ce, dans tous les domaines (finances, agronomie, technologie, machinerie, planification de la transition et durabilit\u00e9). Au-del\u00e0 des t\u00e2ches agricoles, les jeunes peuvent embrasser aujourd\u2019hui des carri\u00e8res vari\u00e9es, dynamiques et stimulantes&nbsp;: les informaticiens con\u00e7oivent des outils reposant sur l\u2019IA qui permettent de r\u00e9pandre les engrais avec beaucoup plus de pr\u00e9cision&nbsp;; les consultants en environnement informent les agriculteurs des cr\u00e9dits et primes offerts \u00e0 ceux qui veillent \u00e0 la conservation des sols&nbsp;; les experts du commerce international trouvent de nouveaux march\u00e9s pour les produits canadiens. Les grands d\u00e9fis consistent d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 mobiliser davantage nos compatriotes en faveur de l\u2019agriculture, ce secteur essentiel \u00e0 la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 nationale, et \u00e0 souligner combien il importe de pr\u00e9server nos actifs naturels, au premier rang desquels figurent les sols en sant\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u00e9cid\u00e9ment avant-gardiste, l\u2019ouvrage de&nbsp;1958 que nous avons cit\u00e9 d\u2019entr\u00e9e de jeu le disait d\u00e9j\u00e0&nbsp;: <em>\u00ab&nbsp;Pour \u00eatre de bons protecteurs de l\u2019environnement, nous devons changer nos fa\u00e7ons de voir, renoncer \u00e0 certaines pratiques traditionnelles et repenser, parfois compl\u00e8tement, nos m\u00e9thodes agricoles.&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel has-grey-tint-four-background-color has-background\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-rbc-climate-action-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-08ba6a58170df447276ad9ea35e35606\" id=\"h-qu-est-ce-qu-un-sol-en-bonne-sante-nbsp\">Qu\u2019est-ce qu\u2019un sol en bonne sant\u00e9&nbsp;?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est un sol qui constitue, de mani\u00e8re durable, un \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me favorable \u00e0 la croissance des v\u00e9g\u00e9taux, des animaux et des humains<sup><a href=\"#legal-7\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-4f0db9f1\" data-dig-label=\"7\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">7<\/a><\/sup>. Les sols sont essentiels \u00e0 nos \u00e9conomies et \u00e0 l\u2019environnement. Ils sont la source de pr\u00e8s de&nbsp;95&nbsp;% de ce que nous mangeons<sup><a href=\"#legal-8\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-80aa43ce\" data-dig-label=\"8\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">8<\/a><\/sup>. Sur la terre ferme, ils sont aussi le plus important puits de carbone&nbsp;: ils absorbent trois fois plus de&nbsp;CO<sub>2<\/sub> que l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re et deux fois plus que tous les v\u00e9g\u00e9taux vivants<sup><a href=\"#legal-9\" data-dig-id=\"LP-14642-f2b3a280\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"9\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">9<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel mar-t mob-mar-t mar-b mob-mar-b has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-1-background-color has-background\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-t mob-pad-t mob-pad-b pad-b\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9181e299bfd1e5ea0a84efbc6ef6d08d\"><strong>Lisa Ashton,<\/strong>\u00a0directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Politique agricole, Leadership avis\u00e9 RBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section 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