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Munira Al Amri Mai Al saadi Aneesa Al Hadrami Laila Al Risi

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Degraded land
land degradation occurs when the economic and biological productivity of land lost as a result of

natural or anthropic factors

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Causes for Land Degradation

Natural Causes

Water

Wind Storm Floods Cyclone

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Causes for Land Degradation

Human Activities Causes
Land

clearance Agricultural depletion of soil nutrients through poor farming practices, Soil erosion Heavy equipment Poor irrigation. Factories Commercial development Destabilizing the local ecosystem livestock including overgrazing and over drafting Salinity

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Causes for Land Degradation

The Spreading of Chemical Fertilizers
Basic

Components Types Quantity of Fertilizer How it cause land degradation

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Water pollution The nutrients in fertilizers can cause problems for natural habitats and for human health.
Contamination with impurities Phosphate fertilizers usually contain impurities such as fluorides, cadmium and uranium. Fertilizer dependency Effectively farmers unknowingly became dependent on 'bought in' water soluble.

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Soil acidification
Regular use of acidulated fertilizers generally contribute to the accumulation of soil acidity.

Trace mineral depletion Inorganic fertilizers may not replace trace mineral elements in the soil which become gradually depleted by crops.

Over fertilization Over-fertilization of commercial pot or container-grown crops results in high concentrations of soluble salts in the potting medium.

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Data Analysis

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Solutions
Soil Erosion:

soil conservation programs. Maintain a vegetation cover . prevent overgrazing. crop rotation.

Desertification

Reduce overgrazing and deforestation. Limit human activities. Plant more trees and grasses to anchor soil and hold water. Plant leguminous plants.

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Solutions
Salinization

Reduce irrigation. Switch to salt-tolerant crops . Use humic acids to fix anions and cations and eliminate them from the root region of the plants.

Fertilizer

Educate farmers on how to use chemical fertilizers. Change the soil after examination by specialized people. Determine the quality of the soil. Taken a soil sample containing elements. Fertilizers needed for such soil if it is single or compound.

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Example how can we use fertilizer safely

after two weeks of planting option begins urea and potassium fertilizer according to the table below: Fertilizer quality Vegetative growth stage Flowering stage Harvest stage until the end of the season Urea 600 grams / three times per week for 8 weeks 400 grams three times a week until the end of the harvest

Urea

800 grams / 3 times a week for two weeks 300 grams / three times a week for two weeks

1.6kg / three times a week for two weeks 600 grams three times a week for two weeks.

Potassium

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References

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References