Question

what is cultivation land expansion. how does it occur?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

the action of cultivating land,or the state of being cultivated.

Answer 2

Agricultural  or cultivation expansion refers to the growth of agricultural land

Explanation:

• Agricultural expansion is the conversion of non- agricultural lands to agricultural lands, for instance, converting forested lands into crops, or wetlands into rice fields, or natural grasslands to pastures.
• The growth in agriculture is often explained as a direct result of international increase in food and energy requirements because of overpopulation of human beings.
• However, agricultural expansion will lead to impacting adversely the non-agrarian ecosystems, both aquatic & terrestrial, such as habitat loss,  over-exploitation, land degradation, & other problems
• For example, agricultural expansion, by land conversion / deforestation, is because of the increase in palm oil/soybean production in South America