Title: Negative Effects of Agriculture on the Environment - CropForLife
Headings: Negative Effects of Agriculture on the Environment
Negative Effects of Agriculture on the Environment
Table of Contents
Top 16 Negative Effects of Agriculture on the Environment
Soil/Land Degradation
Deforestation
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Pest Problem
Industrial & Agricultural Wastes
Irrigation
Livestock Grazing
Chemical Fertilizer
Point Source Pollution
Non-Point Source Pollution
Sedimentation
Removal of Riparian Shading
Stream Modification
Genetic Engineering
Issues by Region

Content: Agricultural waste needs to be recycled through the processing of by-products by enterprises such as fishing, poultry, dairy, etc., as well as plowing for maintaining organic matter. Use of mechanization in agriculture also results in several negative ecological impacts because for their effective application they also need several resources like electricity, diesel, gasoline, etc. which end up in smoke, loss, and high prices. Pollution from fertilizer industries is also contaminating the air and water which negatively impacts the ecological system of a country. This non-degradable waste cause toxicity in plants and animals, especially aquatic life, and also imbalance the soil nutrients. Recently, farmers started using plastic sheets as mulch to cover soil (50-70%) for the efficient practice of drip irrigation to enhance crop productivity. By using pesticides with plastics, runoff pesticides can be more easily transported to wet-lands or streams, causing severe deformation of water reserves. In the US, the use of plastic mulch increased to 110 million-pounds and after using it all ends up in landfills causing ecological instability. Irrigation
Agriculture accounts for 70% of the total freshwater globally.