Soil degradation, poor marketing and processing systems, and frequent out break of crop and livestock diseases are some of the challenges that the farmers in the district face.
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In rural areas the erosion source is typically soil degradation due to intensive or inadequate agricultural practices, leading to soil erosion, especially in fine-grained soils such as loess.
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The use of compost, manure mulch and other organic fertilizers yields a higher organic content of soils on organic farms and helps limit soil degradation and erosion . "'
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Small village economy stumbles and even dwindles in the past three decades, due to aggravating environmental problems, like deforestation, soil degradation, water pollution, loss of biodiversity, and so on.
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Because of growing population pressure on agricultural and pastoral land, soil degradation, and severe droughts that have occurred each decade since the 1970s, per capita food production is declining.
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Any activity that leads to other forms of soil degradation ( erosion, compaction, etc . ) may indirectly worsen the contamination effects in that soil remediation becomes more tedious.
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"As a result of intensified cultivation of areas, which are traditionally used extensively by shifting cultivators, there is soil degradation, pollution, loss of genetic diversity, and declining agricultural productivity,"
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Clearing allows weeds and invasive animals to spread, affects greenhouse gas emissions and can lead to soil degradation, such as erosion and salinity, which in turn can affect water quality.
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The move calls for a scientific team to research connections between regional conflict and water shortages, soil degradation and pollution, said Nick Nuttall, a spokesman for the United Nations Environment Program.
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The hope was to appoint a scientific team to research connections between regional conflict and water shortages, soil degradation and pollution, said Nick Nuttall, a spokesman for the United Nations Environment Program.
