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AGRICULTURE - Coggle Diagram
AGRICULTURE
SOIL
THE UPPER LAYER OF EARTH WHERE CROPS GROW
AGRICULTURE DEPENS ON THE GOOD QUALITY OF THE SOIL
FOUR COMPONENTS
ORGANIC CONTENT
ADDING HUMUS REDUCES NEGATIVE TRAITS
STORES AND PREVENTS THE LOSS OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS
INCREASES WATER HOLDING CAPACITY IN SANDY SOILS
INCREASES AIR SPACES IN CLAY SOILS
INCREASES THE NUMBER OF DESCOMPOSER ORGANISMS
AIR
MINERAL PARTICLES
WATER
TYPES
SANDY
BIGGER
POOR RETENTION OF NUTRIENTS
POOR WATER HOLDING CAPACITY
FREE DRAINING
EASY TO CULTIVATE
SILT
HOLD WATER AND NUTRIENTS BETTER THAN SAND
USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES TO IMPROVE FERTILITY
LOAMY
COMBINATION OF THE 3
HIGH QUANTITY OF ORGANIC MATTER
IDEAL FOR FRAMING
RATINS MOISTURE AND NUTRIENTS
DRAINS WELL
CLAY
SMALLEST
DENSEST AND HEAVIEST TYPE
HARD TO WORK
COMPACTED
BAD DRAINING
GOOD RETAINING NUTRIENTS
GOOD WATER STORAGE
THE SIZE HAS A MAJOR EFFECT ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL
ANCHORAGE
CAPACITY TO HOLD NUTRIENTS
TEXTURE
PERMEABILITY
WATER HOLDING CAPACITY
EASE OF WORK
PH
MEASURE OF ACIDITY AND ALKALINITY
AFFECTS THE UPTAKE OF NUTRIENTS ADN THEIR AVAILABILITY
FARMERS DETERMINE WHAT PLANTS TO GROW OR WHAT SUSTANCE ADD
SOIL EROSION
NATURAL OR MAN MADE PROCESS
CAUSES
OVERGRAZING
REMOVAL OF NATURAL VEGETATION
WIND EROSION
EXCESS OF WATER
OVERCULTIVATION
HEAVY MACHINERY
IMPACT
IF IT REACHES WATER COURSES THIS ONE IS SILTED
LOSS OF TOPSOIL
LACK OF NUTRIENTS
DESERTIFICATION
LOSS OF HABITATS
RISK OF FAMINE AND MALNUTRITION
CAN MAKE MIGRATION
THE SCIENCE OF PRACTICING FARMING
INCLUDING THE CULTIVATION OF SOIL TO GROW CROPS AND THE REARING ANIMALS TO PROVIDE FOOD, WOOL AND OTHER ´PRODUCTS