Geography 2153A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Soil Retrogression And Degradation, Soil Fertility, Land Degradation

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Environmental concerns associated with agricultural activities include: soil fertility, water quality, loss of wildlife habitat and wetlands, pesticide and herbicide use, and the effects of biotechnology on biodiversity. Other effects of industrialization and agro ecosystems relate to globalization of the food system and food security. Canada land inventory (cli) one of the largest land inventories undertaken in the world provides information regarding the long-term capabilities of about 2. 6 million square kilometers of land to support agriculture, outdoor recreation, forestry, waterfowl, and ungulates. The cli categorized canada"s soil capability for agriculture into seven classes classes 1-3 is the supply of coil capability, which provide canada"s dependable agricultural land base for crop production. Canada does not have any vast agricultural reserves virtually all the land that is amendable to agricultural production and that has not been built on or paved over is in agricultural use.

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