Environmental geography
Agriculture and food production: How do we feed ourselves?
Lesson Objectives
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Synthetic fertilizer an industrially produced chemical that has one or more of the primary nutrients for plant growth.
Leaching a process driven by water where mineral elements move down to deeper soil layers, potentially beneath the reach of plant roots, to be carried away to groundwater or stream flow.
Desertification when drought, extreme erosion, and soil infertility (nutrient deficit) cause land to lose more than 10% of its productivity.
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS and CONCEPTS
- Soil degradation