Desertification refers to the destruction of the biological potential of the land which leads to the destruction of the vegetation, thereby making the land less useful or unable to support plant growth.


CAUSES OF DESERTIFICATION

1.     Reduction in rainfall or continuous dry weather condition

2.     Poor irrigation methods

3.     Over-grazing

4.     Deforestation

5.     Over cultivation or over cropping

6.     Wrong application of agro-chemical

7.     Bush burning


EFEECT OF DESERTIFICATION

1. Loss of medicine

2. It leads to the drying up of water bodies

3. It leads to global warming

4. Wildlife are deprived of the natural habitant etc


SOLUTIONS TO DESERTIFICATION

assignment : identify four(4) ways by which desertification be solved