Environmental and economic costs of soil erosion and conservation benefits

David Pimentel; C. Harvey; P. Resosudarmo; K. Sinclair; D. Kurz; M. McNair; S. Crist; L. Shpritz; L. Fitton; R. Saffouri; R. Blair

doi:10.1126/science.267.5201.1117

Environmental and economic costs of soil erosion and conservation benefits

David Pimentel^*, C. Harvey, P. Resosudarmo, K. Sinclair, D. Kurz, M. McNair, S. Crist, L. Shpritz, L. Fitton, R. Saffouri, R. Blair

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Abstract

Soil erosion is a major environmental threat to the sustainability and productive capacity of agriculture. During the last 40 years, nearly one-third of the world's arable land has been lost by erosion and continues to be lost at a rate of more than 10 million hectares per year. With the addition of a quarter of a million people each day, the world population's food demand is increasing at a time when per capita food productivity is beginning to decline.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1117-1123
Number of pages	7
Journal	Science
Volume	267
Issue number	5201
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.267.5201.1117
Publication status	Published - 24 Feb 1995
Externally published	Yes

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