Question

Explain an agricultural practice that has a harmful effect on ecosystem.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Agriculture practice that have harmful effect on ecosystem are :-

• Use of fertilizers and pesticides in order to improve and flourish our crops. Some amount of fertilizers runoff with flowing water and reach to the nearby rivers and causes pollution.
• Bathing cattle's in river also pollute the river and other water bodies.
• Agriculture also causes deforestation and soil degradation like problems.

Answer 2

• Excessive use of fertilizer make the soil poor in nutrients and kill many useful microbes.

• Excessive use of non-biodegradable chemical pesticides leads to biological magnification.

• Extensive cropping causes loss of soil fertility.

• Excessive use of groundwater for agriculture lowers water table.