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Soil Pollution and Sustainable Agriculture Management: Group Members

This document discusses soil pollution and sustainable agriculture management. It defines soil and soil pollution, noting that soil pollution occurs when soil is contaminated by solid waste, acid rain, excess fertilizers and other chemicals. Sustainable agriculture is defined as farming that understands ecosystem services and relationships between organisms and environments. The document then covers causes of soil pollution like industrial waste, identifies effects like loss of nutrients and toxic crops, and proposes methods to control pollution like reducing waste and reusing and recycling materials.

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Soil Pollution and Sustainable Agriculture Management: Group Members

This document discusses soil pollution and sustainable agriculture management. It defines soil and soil pollution, noting that soil pollution occurs when soil is contaminated by solid waste, acid rain, excess fertilizers and other chemicals. Sustainable agriculture is defined as farming that understands ecosystem services and relationships between organisms and environments. The document then covers causes of soil pollution like industrial waste, identifies effects like loss of nutrients and toxic crops, and proposes methods to control pollution like reducing waste and reusing and recycling materials.

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Soil Pollution and Sustainable

Agriculture Management
Group Members
Nabil Adnan
Adiba kamal
Afsana Nabila
Samiha Binte Abdullah
Introduction
This presentation is going to inform you about the definition of soil,
soil pollution and sustainable agriculture. The causes and effects of
soil pollution and the sustainable approach to reduce it will also be
discussed.
Soil
The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or
dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of
organic remains, clay, and rock particles.
Soil pollution
The contamination of soil with solid waste, acid rain,
excess of fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides is
called soil pollution.
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways
based on an understanding of ecosystem services, the
study of relationships between organisms and their
environment.

Environmenta
l Health

Social &
Economic
Economic
Profitability
Equity
HOW SOIL GETS CONTAMINATED
AND ITS CAUSES

• Industrial waste Acid rain

• Fuel leakage Garbage pollution

• Land fill Domestic waste

• Radioactive waste Excessive use of fertilizer


Chart Title

5% 3%
6% 27%

9%
Paper and Paper
Board

9% Food weast

Yeard Trimmings
15%
13% Plastics

14% Metals

Rubber, Leather
and Textiles

Wood

Glass

Others

Pie Chart Showing on Soil Pollution


Effects of soil pollution
The major effect of soil pollution is, loss of soil; that
creates environmental degradation.

In our country, we
often get to see
some other unsafe
and vulnerable
effects of soil
pollution too.
They are,
Disturbed
Loss of Increase
balance flora
nutrients salinity
and fauna

Poisonous
Toxic dust Foul smell
crops

Death of Affects Destroys


organisms predators vegetation
METHODS TO CONTROL SOIL POLLUTION

If we want to control soil pollution we need to adopt the three R’s.

• Reduce the quantity of waste • Reuse refers to the use of • Recycling is the process of
which requires disposal as a discard materials without converting waste materials into
result soil pollution will any additional processing. new materials and objects.
decrease. • For example, in office or • Recyclable materials include
• Reduce waste at source. household terms it may many kinds of glass, paper,
• Reducing use of toxic or involve the use of glass cups cardboard, metal, plastic, tires,
harmful materials. rather than paper/plastic textiles and electronics.
• For example, use of cups and refillable bottles.
fertilizers and pesticides.

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE


OTHER MEASURES:

• Planting trees most be encouraged.


• Industries should dispose the chemical waste properly.
• Disposal of hazardous radioactive wastes into soil should
be prohibited.
• Dumping of non-biodegradable waste in low lying areas.
• Enacting environmental laws and taking legal actions against
environment offenders.
• People must be educate about pollution by public awareness
activities.
THANK YOU.

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