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Climatic changes
Impacts
Deforestation
Soil
erosion
Depletion of nutrients
Shifting cultivation
in water
Nitrates can come from two sources
- Artificial fertilisers used by farmers
- Nitrates from animal waste ( faeces
and urine) or feed ( silage)
(V) SALINITY
Accumulation of salts such as sodium chloride,
sodium sulphate, calcium chloride, magnesium
chloride etc. in the soil profile.
Cause: Excessive irrigation
Effects: Evapo-transpiration stops, Salt
build up in upper soil profile
Remedy:
Good quality water
supply for irrigation
Using perforated
drainage pipes to drain salt
Poverty
Decreased
resistance
to disease
Malnutrition
Decreased
energy
Decreased
ability
to learn
Decreased
ability
to work
Feedback loop
High death
rate for
children
Shortened
life
expectancy