the biggest threat to the soil ecosystem is a roshon fertile topsoil is carried away by wind and rain and human activity has made it much worse desert if it cation is increasing every 5 seconds soil is lost on an area the size of a soccer pitch. in parts of sub-saharan africa erosion already accounts for 80 percent of land degradation. farming accounts for the largest share of the land we use agricultural land covers $5000000000.00 hector's or 37 percent of the world's total land surface. modern agricultural methods damage the land intensive farming monocultures and industrial livestock production course nutrient depletion in a soil and thus its degradation. crop yields are decreasing while the use of chemical fertilizers and the clearing of land for fields and pastures are increasing creating a vicious circle by 2050 the global population is. set to rise to around 10000000000 to feed all those people a lot more fertile land will have to be found. people are realizing that healthy soil helps protect the climate. sustainable farming prevents a revolution and keeps nutrients in the soil

the biggest threat to the soil ecosystem is a roshon fertile topsoil is carried away by wind and rainand human activity has made it much worse desert if it cation is increasing every 5 seconds soil is lost on an area the size of a soccer pitch. in parts of sub-saharan africa erosion already accounts for 80 percent of land degradation. farming accounts for the largest share of the land we use agricultural land covers $5000000000.00 hectares well 37 percent of the world's total land surface. modern agricultural methods damage the land intensive farming monocultures and industrial livestock production causing nutrient depletion in the soil and thus its degradation. crop yields are decreasing while the use of chemical fertilizers and the clearing of land for fields and pastures are increasing creating a vicious circle by 2050 the global population is set to rise to around 10000000000 to feed all those people a lot more fertile land will have to be found. people are realizing that healthy soil helps protect the climate. sustainable farming prevents or ocean and keeps nutrients in the soil.