AGEN 0111: LAND SURVEY, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION, IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
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Land degradation is a process that lowers the current potential capability of land to produce goods such as crops, livestock, timber etc or provide services such as unpolluted water.
Causes of land degradation;
Soil erosion (by water and wind)
Fertility degradation (loss of plant nutrients, chemicals, physical and biological degradation)
Degradation of vegetative cover.
Degradation of water resources.
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