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: 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. Expert predictions estimate that the need for wa