The pie chart shows the main reason why agricultural land becomes less productive.

The chart illustrates the

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of land

degradation

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worldwide,

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the table gives more specific information about less productive lands by region in the 1990s.

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, it can be seen how there were three main

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of worldwide soil

degradation

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, which together explained 93% of

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phenomenon.

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, over-grazing was the most significant cause of

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, with 35%, followed by deforestation at 30% and

over-cultivation

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at 28%.

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, some interesting comparisons, between the above data and some regional ones, can be made considering the table. First and foremost, it can be noted how the percentages of total degraded land varied between North America, with 5%, Europe, with 23% and Oceania with 13%. Differently to the worldwide

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, more than half of North America degrade was caused by

over-cultivation

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, which totalled 3.3% out of 5% of soil

degradation

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.

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, Oceania saw no effects from

over-cultivation

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, with more than 90% of its

degradation

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coming from over-grazing, which ruined 11.3% of total Oceania’s terrains.

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, Europe had more balanced

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, with 9.8% out of 23% of unproductive lands caused by deforestation, 7.7% by

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and 5.5% by over-grazing. In conclusion, it can be argued that,

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worldwide the three main detrimental activities were balanced in their effect on the agricultural sector, regionally there were some differences.

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could be caused by diverse predominant activities in the considered areas.