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Record 1 2006-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Soils (Agriculture)
CONT

Three human activities are conventionally cited as main causes of desertification, although the nature of their interaction is not fully understood. These are agricultural overexploitation (stemming jointly from population growth and the development of cash crops), overgrazing, and deforestation.

OBS

The excess on agricultural exploitation of ... lands [generates] a severe degradation of the soils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Sols (Agriculture)
CONT

La désertification est traditionnellement attribuée à trois grandes causes humaines dont les interactions sont encore mal connues : la surexploitation agricole (qui résulte conjointement de l'accroissement de la population et du développement des cultures de rente), le surpâturage et la déforestation.

Spanish

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