Question

What is land degradation? What has significantly contributed to land degradation

Answer 1

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Land Degradation is the Degradation of quality of land or soil. A degraded soil is not good for growing crops. Land Degradation mainly occurs due to—
•Insufficient mineral in the soil.
•Irregular irrigation facility for the soil.
•No Crop rotation is done.

Answer 2

Land degradation is a process in which the value of the environment is affected by a human processes acting upon the land.
The factors which affect land degradation are
(i) over gazing : goats, cows and other animals eat grasses due to which their is less growth of species and other herbs because of this soil lose its fertility.
(ii) Indralisation : there are many factories in country and many more is situating in the place of land so it is also a factor resulting in land degradation
(iii) Deforestation :is taking place at a faster rate due to increasing demands of timber, fuel and forest products which results into degradation of land resources.
(iv) Urbanisation : There is rapid growth of houses in the place of fields which makes the soil abundant
(v) Agriculture practises : Today there is excess use of fertilisers and pesticides which also contributing in land degradation. ...