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This paper reviews the various approaches to soil management for agriculture in Nepal based on the already published information. Agricultural soil management must be included in SDG goals, as it needs more management practices and awareness. Though it is not closely related to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, it is necessary to do soil management to achieve most of the allocated goals. People must implement sustainable soil management approaches, which might increase soil productivity to catch the larger food demand. However, most of Nepal’s farmers are implementing a traditional cropping system along with poor management practices that hamper soil hazardously and decrease soil productivity.

In contrast, few people apply sustainable practices like fodder promotion, integrated plant nutrient systems, reduced tillage, use of farmyard manure rather than chemicals, etc. These are proven to be beneficial, increase production and have a low impact on food security. The government of Nepal endorsed the soil and watershed conservation act in 1983, with its less proper implementation in the practical field needs to be revised.

Subsequently poor soil management practices have significantly alluded the soil quality and crop productivity, steps are needed instantaneously to reverse the decreasing trends in crop production, taking sustainable soil management practices to ensure food security. Scientists or the Government of Nepal have to do time-to-time monitoring or evaluation of applied scientific methods like remote sensing, automatic monitoring, or assessment of various parameters like carbon sequestration, soil fertility, potential etc.