Title: Agriculture & Soil Degradation — The Conscious Challenge
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Content: These exploitations are massively polluting and source of soil erosion. For example, in South America, we consider that 60% of the soil is degraded and 70% of this degradation comes from the land used to grow food for animals. Cultural inappropriate practices
Practices in the agricultural world are one of the biggest threat for the soil. Farmers in the previous 50 years did not pay attention to the soil, animals or even people who used pesticides and fertilizers in big quantities. Now the biggest threat is GMOs but all the products used in the past, are still used which make the agricultural world even worse. Soil salinization (irrigation)
Soil salinisation is, in some regions, is a huge problem for the agricultural world. It can lead to the reduction of soil productivity or even the impossibility to grow plants. As rocks and soil are eroded by water, small amounts of the mineral salts they contain are carried to rivers and lakes. Thus, the latter seep into the irrigation water. If an insufficient amount of water is used in a field, the salts become encrusted in the soil.