Question

Which one of the following is not

an effect of modern farming?

(a) Soil degradation

(b) Deforestation

(c) Decrease in ground water

(d) Water pollution​

Answer 1

Option (c) Decrease in groundwater is not an effect of modern farming.

Explanation:

• Modern agriculture incorporates contemporary approaches in the field of agriculture.
• This helps to increase the efficiency of the crop supply.
• Moreover, it also makes use of only limited sources such as land and water for the production of crops.
• Soil degradation, deforestation, water pollution are some of the effects of modern farming.
• Groundwater contamination is due to the use of nitrogen fertilizers in the land.
• It also leads to soil pollution by altering the fertility of the soil and erosion.

Answer 2

Option (b) is the correct answer

Deforestation is not an effect of modern farming.

Explanation:

Various effects of modern farming techniques are as follows:

1. The use of chemical fertilizers regularly results in loss in soil quality.

2. Nitrate is present in the chemical fertilizers used on crops is washed of with the rain water. This water pollute water and the dissolved nitrate runs off the lands.

3. Modern farming methods  uses excessive water which results in  water shortages.

4.Soil erosion, Farms discharges, large quantities of agrochemicals, organic matter, drug residues, are present in the water drainage into agricultural lands.

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