Based on your data, which type of soil do you think is best for agriculture? Explain your answer. Loam would be the best kind of soil to plant crops in because it is permeable but it takes low amounts of water to irrigate the soil. Farmers often have problems with soil erosion when they clear their fields after the growing season. Soil type is one factor that influences erosion.
The sweet potato industry, although a high value industry, is becoming increasingly competitive. This underlines the importance of efficiency in minimising the loss of valuable soil. Large amounts of rainfall can result in the loss of soil on cultivated farmland. The loss of soil does not just affect the farmers it also affects the community The aim of the project was to increase awareness of soil health and to develop the best soil management practices for the Cudgen plateau. Figure [ 2 ] Water Way On the Cudgen Plateau, three adjoining landholders implemented soil conservation measures and strategies.
This is because there will still be a lot nutrients and soil left behind from the previous ecosystem. Therefore less ammonification and nitrification will be needed as the soil will already be suitable for more complex plant species. Natural succession can therefore be altered by both nature and human intervention, take stud land bay psammosere ecosystem for example that is deliberately cut back so that you can
Compare the benefits of growing GM seeds for crops with the potential negative consequences of using them? The benefits of growing GM seeds for crops is that the seeds are more resistant to stress and the crops can overcome pest outbreaks and reduce the danger or crop failures. The crops can endure severe weather such as frost, extreme heat or drought. Now the negative side effects of the GM products is for example the wind blowing to different fields were other farmers may prefer not to use enhanced seeds. They are modified with herbicides and pesticides so the uncertainty of health consequences of humans consuming the food grown by these seeds exists.
It is also a weed suppresser to prevent other weeds from growing because it grows so fast and densely, it blocks out sunlight to other weeds that are trying to grow. This allows farmers to use hemp as a replacement for herbicides and reducing toxins into the ground and surrounding water sources. Hemp can be used to replace petroleum and plastic products and are still biodegradable so it reduces the amount dumped into landfills. Since hemp can be used to replace gasoline and petroleum essentially replacing oil this reduces the environmental risks and impacts of oil drilling. This is a major environmental impact made when off shore drilling accidents happen made seen to the public by the BP accident in April of 2010 where 200 million gallons of crude oil was “spewed” into the ocean.
Compare JVTF methods (such as crop rotation, pest management, or use of cover crops) with more traditional farming methods that have a negative impact on the environment. . They don’t use pesticides so not a good chance that the food will be tainted. Crop rotation is nice because its makes sure that you have room for your next seasons crops and they also can have sells on the leftover crops from last harvest. 8.
A decrease in rainfall means there is less water in aquifers and the water table. This means the supply of water has decreased. A warmer climate also means more water evaporates from seas and oceans. This can be bad as it can increase the number of floods which destroys infrastructure. Another factor that can affect water supply is urban development and over extraction.
However the relative economic impacts will be lower for Cumbria and higher for Pakistan. This is because on average buildings and crops are damaged and will affect the economy greater because there is less money available to recover from it. Rescue work and repairs for damaged infrastructure
To summarize what this article talked about it was a study done on the effects of soil degradation and the effects on the vegetation in areas around watering points and normal grazing lands. The study showed that in these ecosystems the overgrazing reduced the ecosystem diversity of plants in poor soils. It also talked about how overgrazing around certain areas can not only destroy the soil but it can also cause the destruction of certain types of species. Overgrazing differs in all areas of the world but it still has a common problem which is that when there is overgrazing no matter what type of environment you are in that environment will be
Predicting the effects in our agriculture is more difficult because less reaserch attention has been done. but according to a research if the temperatures increases the lengh of indiana's growing season will increase. due to the conbined astmopheric and nitrogen. is expected to have wetter winters and dryer summers. The inability of rain will led to increase heat and that may lead to have dryer soils and that would have a big impact in our agriculture.