Assignment 6: Soil Erosion

Part 1:

1. According to Helms, arid Oklahoma fields have deep chasms that beg for a drink of rain. Farmers are really worried about their livestock ( Plagiarized)

2. Oklahoma has not seen a drop of rain in six weeks. Farmers have lost billions of dollars worth of crops, and the lack of feed for livestock is making many more farmers nervous about the winter months.
( Plagiarized)
3. In Oklahoma, “farmers have lost billions of dollars worth of crops, and the lack of feed for livestock is making many more farmers nervous about the winter months” (Helms 4).
(Okay)
4. Oklahoma farmers are worried that they will not be able to feed their animals during the winter because the absence of rain the past six weeks has caused billions of dollars in crop loss (Helms 4).
(Okay)

5. The entire state of Oklahoma has not seen a drop of rain in six weeks. The fields are begging for a drink and have arid soil.
( Plagiarized)

Part 2 :

1. This article gives information on how soil erosion affects farming sector and the countries impacted by it.

“Arable land [...] lessening the hope that we can feed our booming population [...] “The problem is highly visible in the grasslands of Africa, the Middle East and central Asia””(Vidal). 2. A science professor says that the world will have food shortage within the next 30 years (Vidal).

3. Due to soil erosion, no new land can be utilized for production thus leading to shortage of food. About 75bn tonnes of soil are getting lost due to soil erosion and water logging, i.e., about 10 m hectare land and around 20m hectares of land is deserted due to poor quality of soil.

4. Vidal, John. the guardian. 14 December 2014. 12 February 2014 .