Sentence examples for soil deterioration from inspiring English sources

Use of soil deterioration index showed that soils deteriorated moderately (−17·05%) under orchard and seriously (ranging from −29·91% to −20·32%) under fallow land, cropland and intercropping land, while soils had no deterioration (−0·74%) under shrubland and (−0·69%) grassland.

At the same time, the frequent damage from pests, weeds and diseases has led to the high input of chemical inputs with resulting soil deterioration in Taiwan.

They gave a variety of reasons, from milk prices to soil deterioration to the bureaucracy and costs associated with certification, to lack of local demand for organic produce and the long distances they had to travel to reach markets.

(1) Payments shall be considered to be made primarily for the purpose of soil conservation if they are intended to finance activities, measures, or practices to reduce soil deterioration.

In 1934, Congress passed the Taylor Grazing Act to "stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement and development [and] to stabilise the livestock industry dependent upon the public range".Cattlemen balked at first, calling the act "a land grab", but eventually came to enjoy the protection the act gave them.

Lower protective tariffs are forcing Mexico's subsistence maize farmers to modernise, change their crops or look for other work; each choice has potential impacts, such as soil deterioration, depletion of the maize gene pool, or migration to cities. Social and environmental impacts go hand-in-hand.Critics say that, as well as being slow, the CEC has too few powers.

Soil quality deterioration and consequent reduced productivity characterize the Vertisols in the highlands of Ethiopia.

In coastal regions of the Netherlands, various aspects of salinity were recognized and dealt with throughout history: causes of salinization and sodification, desalinization, soil structure deterioration and rehabilitation, crop salt tolerance/intolerance, and soil and crop management.

It was concluded that (i) annual fertilizer applications may lead to soil structure deterioration under sugarcane regardless of the harvesting method practiced and (ii) increasing additions of organic matter (through mulching) do not always correspond to an improvement of soil aggregate stability and related soil properties.

The existing expansions of traditional farming practices into grasslands, natural vegetations and marginal lands eventually led to a decrease in fodder availability and gradual soil quality deterioration.

Increasing anthropogenic disturbances especially, on land use/cover change (LULCC), is the major cause of soil quality deterioration in the world [1].