surface of a soil particles and ii a water binding functional group i e hydrophilizing unit that attaches to one or more water molecules in another embodiment the hydrophilization agent could comprise i a soil binding functional group that has an affinity for a portion of or substantially all of the surface of a soil particles and ii a water binding functional group i e hydrophilizing unit has an affinity for one or more water molecules in yet another embodiment the hydrophilization agent could comprise i a soil binding functional group that is proximate to the surface of a soil particles and ii a water binding functional group i e hydrophilizing unit is proximate to one or more water molecules exemplary illustrations are shown in fig2 where u201c a u201d contains a soil binding functional group and u201c b u201d contains a water binding group the types of the interaction between the hydrophilization agent with soil and water can be of any suitable interaction and the hydrophilization agent comprising groups a and b can be of any suitable structure one skilled in the art would understand that the structures in fig2 are embodiments of the present invention with are not limiting in one embodiment the hydrophilizing agent is a copolymer comprising a hydrophobic portion comprising one or more soil binding functional groups that attach to are proximate to or have an affinity for a soil particle surface the soil particle surface in some instances can turn hydrophobic especially after cultivation thus leading to the drawbacks as described herein the soil binding functional group of the polymer or copolymer is believed to have an affinity for such hydrophobic surface the hydrophilizing agent also comprises a hydrophilic portion comprising one or more functional groups that attach to are.