Question

Is the fertility of soil affected by human land use?

Answer 1

Yes, the fertility of the soil is affected by using the land.

Explanation:

For example;

When we grow a crop in a field, then the soil fertility is affected as the plants that grow in the field absorb the nutrients from the soil for their growth or development.

Moreover, if we grow another crop after the harvesting of the first crop, then the fertility of the soil is again affected. The soil has fewer nutrients after the harvesting of the first crop, but if we immediately grow the next crop on the same land, the new plants will also absorb nutrients from the same soil resulting in a decrease in the fertility of the soil.

This is the only reason that why the land is kept free for some time so that the soil can regain its nutrients for the next crop.

Thus, the fertility of the soil is affected by using the land.