Top soil loss threatens food security Intensive agriculture and deforestation are major causes of land degradation involving soil erosion, leaving large areas vulnerable to the loss of fertile top ...

Soils are becoming severely degraded due to a combination ... 50 years from 1959, soil structure and levels of organic matter had degraded while acidity had increased. “Erosion from the wind ...

However, modern development of roads, real estate projects, buildings, bridges, and other man-made structures has resulted in ...

and deforestation can make soil vulnerable and less stable. Using the right soil from the beginning is the first step for ...

The Earth's land surface is dominated by sloping landscapes. Every year, soil erosion laterally distributes on the order of 75 Gt of topsoil (Berhe et al. 2007). The coupled biogeochemical cycles ...

focused primarily on soil fertility. Many authors reported that reductions in yield due to erosion (simulated or real) could be restored by applications of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers and ...