Sentence examples for soil degradation from inspiring English sources

Instead, 12m hectares a year are lost through soil degradation.

Soil degradation level and tillage significantly affected runoff.

Soil degradation and erosion from hyperintensive farming are costing millions of acres of farmland a year.

Soil degradation had cut farm output way below potential.

About 40% of N2O comes from human activities including soil degradation, fertiliser use and industry.

Over-reliance on fertiliser is leads to soil degradation, pollution, and lack of adaptability on the part of the farmer.

"The loss of plant cover has speeded up soil degradation, and the rainy season is very short," he says.

What's more, intensive production of animal feed, in particular maize, has resulted in severe soil degradation and water shortages.

Soil macrofauna abundance under dominant tree species increases along a soil degradation gradient.

"While serious soil degradation is a problem, it's not being remedied with inputs," Krounbi said.

Deforestation and soil degradation, however, threaten the viability of the industry, especially as domestic demand for forest products rises.