GEE 001 (People and Earth's Ecosystem) Assignment 4 - Food Production

and the Environment

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.
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.

Answer:
1. Water and Wind or any Activities that remove vegetation, disturb the ground, or allow the
ground to dry are activities that increase erosion. And that activities are Rainfall and
Flooding, Logging and Mining, Heavy Winds, etc. The effects of soil erosion to soil
fertility are loss of fertility which can negatively affect crop yields like depletion of plant
nutrient in topsoil.

2. My suggestion would be used cheap fertilizer another fertilizer that can lessen their
expenses. There are several alternatives to chemical fertilizer available at most garden
centers and greenhouses that use natural materials to enrich your soil. I don’t know if
this is the best suggestion but I think this would be helpful to those farmers complaining
about how much money they must spend on fertilizers.