The pie chart below shows the main reasons why agricultural land becomes less productive. The table shows how these causes affected three regions of the world during the 1990s. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart shows the proportion of major causes

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becoming

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making

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agricultural

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less productive. The table illustrates the information about how these causes affected three regions: North

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,

Europe

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and

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; during the

1990's

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.

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, it is

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from

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the pie

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chart that the

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of causes are close to each other and the highest proportion

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over-grazing. From the

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we can see that the most

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affected

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in

Europe

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. Over cultivation affected 28% of the

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,

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deforestation caused the degradation of 30%

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. The percentage of over-grazing is 35%, which is the highest

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all.

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, 7% of soils were affected by other reasons. Starting with North

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, we can see that 5% of the total

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is degraded,

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the proportions of

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are 23% and 13% respectively. Deforestation caused 0.2% of the

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in North

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.

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has the highest proportion of damage, showing 9.8%,

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- 1.7%. Over-cultivation didn't cause

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during the 1990's,

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- 7.7% and in North

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- 3.3 % of the

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damaged

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by it. But over-grazing damaged

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most of the

land

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in

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11

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%,

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in

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and North

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America

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America,

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it shows 5.5% and 1.5% respectively.