How human activities degrade soil quality

• Soil s a non-renewable finite resoursource which is generally not recoverable within a human life span
• Soil erosion -The loss of topsoil andnutrienand nutrients in the soil it is indeed the most visible effect of soil degrading.
• Desertification is the irreversible change of the land to such a state where it can no longer be recovered for its original use
• Intensive agriculture has been increasing since 1960s in an effort to feed the world population
• Urbanization or the increasing population has led to the conversion of land to urban centers