Monday, December 21, 2015

Soil Degradation Bananas

In addition to sustaining 95 percent of food production and storing carbon, soils host more than a quarter of the planet’s biodiversity and play a key role in developing important pharmaceuticals. 
 
"Bananas leave a heavy toll on soils because of the multiple agrochemicals that are required to produce commecrial exports, whilst pineapples are one of the worst crops for soil erosion, because of the large areas of exposed soils.

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