Effect of
Soil Erosion on our Agriculture (Nigeria)
Soil Erosion has really been causing a lot destruction in our
agricultural life here in Nigeria. Soil erosion is the wearing away of the top
soil by natural physical forces of water or wind.
Areas like the Southeastern side of Nigeria
experience much soil erosion at least
every year and this is really having bad effects on crops and animals.
Soil erosion has really been causing a lot of troubles in the
life of Nigerian farmers and has been affecting lives negatively and has been
causing hunger to some families in Nigeria.
When there is soil erosion occurrence, it causes the tearing
away of the top soil in a farm and there by expose the plants to direct sunlight
and pests and there by uplifts the roots
of these plants in the farm and after sometime,without the farmers attention or
solution, the plants dies and may dry up.
This is a list of the effects of soil erosion:
1. Soil Degradation
2. Deforestation
3. Flooding
4. Structural problems
5. Death of
plants
Erosion are popularly known to be caused by these two main
factors which are:
ü Water
ü Wind
We now all know the effect of soil
erosion and factors that could cause this soil erosion, but the question now is
how do we control this soil erosion so our plants can live and our soil can
remain fertile?
Here are some basic helping
solution to that question on soil erosion:
1. Control runoff
before it develops into erosive force
2. Early planting
3. Contour ploughing
4. Contour barriers
5. Building of
retaining walls
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