IMPACT OF SOIL EROSION ON AGRICULTURE

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  • Praveen Kumar Jain , Tareef Husain et. al.

Abstract

Soil erosion is a world-wide challenge and shows adverse effect on agriculture. Soil erosion leads to the damage of topsoil resulting in decline in the soil productivity. For long term sustainability in agriculture, balance between soil farming and depletion plays an important role. Soil erosion caused by many factors such as deforestation, overgrazing and use of agrochemicals etc. Due to soil erosion, lack of water and nutrients issues faced by the crop production. In order to prevent soil erosion and improve the crop production, various techniques can be used such as vegetation, applying mulches, matting the soil, bunding, reduce watering and jetties etc. In this regard, this review paper focused on the impact of soil erosion on agriculture. Soil erosion shows adverse effect on crop production in different ways such as loss of nutrients, soil depth and availability of water etc. By adapting the proper land management systems can prevent the soil erosion in the future

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Published

2021-04-10

How to Cite

et. al., P. K. J. , T. H. . (2021). IMPACT OF SOIL EROSION ON AGRICULTURE. International Journal of Modern Agriculture, 10(2), 2053 - 2060. Retrieved from http://modern-journals.com/index.php/ijma/article/view/960

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