Question

How might poverty affect soil loss?
-when soils are poor in nutrients, crop yields are low.
-poverty can lead farmers to continue practices that deplete the soil but yield quick crops
-poor people no longer have the desire to farm
-when large-scale deforestation occurs, erosion increases, thus depleting the soil.

Answer 1

A) when soils are poor in nutrients, crop yields are low

Answer 2

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

In order make the area more developed more and more trees are being cut down which ultimately removes many layer of soil. Natural resources has been used in order to eradicate poverty due to which deforestation can be done.

The deforestation of the trees in huge numbers increases the rate of soil erosion due to which the soil is depleted.

The Depleted soil will not have a greater yield of the crops and hence, poverty affects the yield of soil.