How does monoculture cause soil erosion ? Suggest any five ways by which you could prevent it . 6 marks
Answers
Monoculture simply means producing one type of plant. It's most typical in farmlands, where a single crop is grown again and again, and can potentially lead to many types of environmental hazards. It leads to the exhaustion of certain minerals from the soil making it infertile,bare and thus leads to soil erosion.
Creation of windbreakers by planting evergreen trees around gardens or
farmland, to prevent the wind blowing away the soil. Windbreakers helps in
protecting crops from damage caused by strong & severe wind and improve
plant health, quality and yield. Crop protected from wind are able to retain
significantly more moisture.
Explanation:
Besides the negative impact the overuse of using chemical fertilizer has on the soil,monoculture are detrimental to soil health in many ways.. Ground crops are eliminated means there is no natural protection of soil from the rain...
steps to prevent it are
-Rotation of crop is one method of avoiding risk associated with monoculture.
A year of corn production is followed by a year of soya beans to avoid many disease and insect.This method also works in many vegetable annuals and even some perreniels