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    GEE 001 Assignment #2

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    The document discusses the causes and effects of soil erosion on soil fertility. Soil erosion reduces the soil's ability to hold water and provide nutrients to plants, requiring farmers to spend more money on fertilizers. It suggests farmers could save money on fertilizers by recycling, reducing waste, reusing materials, learning DIY repair skills, and fixing items instead of replacing them.

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    The document discusses the causes and effects of soil erosion on soil fertility. Soil erosion reduces the soil's ability to hold water and provide nutrients to plants, requiring farmers to spend more money on fertilizers. It suggests farmers could save money on fertilizers by recycling, reducing waste, reusing materials, learning DIY repair skills, and fixing items instead of replacing them.

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    The document discusses the causes and effects of soil erosion on soil fertility. Soil erosion reduces the soil's ability to hold water and provide nutrients to plants, requiring farmers to spend more money on fertilizers. It suggests farmers could save money on fertilizers by recycling, reducing waste, reusing materials, learning DIY repair skills, and fixing items instead of replacing them.

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    The document discusses the causes and effects of soil erosion on soil fertility. Soil erosion reduces the soil's ability to hold water and provide nutrients to plants, requiring farmers to spend more money on fertilizers. It suggests farmers could save money on fertilizers by recycling, reducing waste, reusing materials, learning DIY repair skills, and fixing items instead of replacing them.

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    Name: Dacir, Renz Marlo D.

    Date: 6/6/2020
    Section: EE12FC1

    1. In the Soil Erosion portal, look for information on causes of soil erosion and how it affects soil
    fertility. Write a report on your findings.

    First, erosion reduces the soil's capacity to hold water and provide plants with that
    water. This leads to higher and more severe water stress. Secondly, erosion leads to loss of plant
    nutrients that is removed from the soil. Since subsoils generally contain less nutrients than
    topsoil, it is necessary to maintain the crop outputs using more fertilizer. In turn, that increases
    the cost of production. Moreover, it is impossible to compensate for all nutrients lost when
    topsoil erodes by adding fertilizer alone. Thirdly, Erosion reduces soil degradation, increased soil
    eroding, surface screening and crushing yields. Seedlings have more time to pull through the soil
    crusts. Water infiltration is reduced.

    2. If you were to overhear a group of farmers complaining about how much money they must
    spend on fertilizers, what suggestions would you give them for saving money? Include your
    answer to this question, along with your reasoning, in your report.

    Recycle, reduce and reuse saves the average farmer money very effectively. Most items on your
    distance can be repurposed and used for another application, which, even though not designed,
    will work properly. You can already save hundreds, even thousands, by using things instead of
    buying new ones. Another method for saving money is learning better DIY skills, if you're in a
    farm you'll all too well know how to repair things and get them back to work pretty quickly.
    That's why so many farmers invest more time and effort than ever in learning more and more
    complicated DIY skills, allowing them to repair everything that can be fixed instead of paying
    someone else for it.

    Reference

    Kelley, H.W. (1990). Keeping the land alive: Soil erosion: its causes and cures. FAO soils bulletin, 50.
    FAO, Rome.

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