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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart illustrates the primary reasons why farming

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its productivity to some extent,

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the table depicts the effects of

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matter on three different countries in the 1990s.

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, over-grazing recorded the highest proportion of

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other activities allocated the lowest amount. Europe was the area that was most affected by

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, North America was impacted the least by

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degradation

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of the

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. As for the causes of

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degradation

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globally, over-grazing is the leading category, with nearly 35% of the contribution to destroying

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, slightly outperforming deforestation at 30% and over-cultivation at 28%. Meanwhile, other activities showed the lowest percentage of

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at 7%. In different parts of the world, Europe was greatly affected by total

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of 23%, caused mostly by deforestation, which had its lowest amount in North America at 0.2%, where over-cultivation played the most important role in

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at 3.3%. Oceania stood at the second level in terms of

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at 13%, with the most significant effect of over-grazing at 11.3%.