AFRICA AS A CONTINENT (DAY 11)
INFLUENCE OF CULTIVATION ON DESERTIFICATION IN AFRICA:
Along the Ethiopian highlands, Fouta Djalon, Adamawa highlands of Cameroon, poor methods of cultivation such as up and down ploughing across a slope, growing of crops in dry areas have the significant impact in causing desertification. Such methods lead to soil erosion which also eliminates the vegetation cover.
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