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(a) Despite mans persistent claims that the goat is solely to blame for land degradation; in actual sense the main culprit to the progressive destruction of land is man.
(b) Miserable crop
(c) He is not;
- Instead of accepting the responsibility for all his destruction, man blames livestock and in particular the goat.
- No attempts have been made by man to plant grass or under plant the last agricultural crop with fodder species.
(d) Proper planning ensures conservation of land
(e) Wouldn’t it?
(f) - Cultivation to exhaustion the better soils in the plains
- Rearing of livestock on smaller areas of poor land and further up the slopes
- No attempts being made to plant grass or under plant the last agricultural crop with fodder species.
(g)
(i) Initiated – started
(ii) Miserable - poor
(iii) Banishment of the goat- doing away with the goat
(iv) Precarious – dangerous/ risky
(v) Degradation – loss of value/ fertility of soil
marto answered the question on April 3, 2019 at 07:32
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