Question 1

Read the text in the image. Research completed in 1982 found that in the United States soil erosion

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was causing significant damage to 20 per cent of farmland.

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could be reduced by converting cultivated land to meadow or forest.

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was almost as severe as in India and China.

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reduced the productivity of farmland by 20 per cent.

Question 2

By the mid-1980s, farmers in Denmark

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used twice as much fertiliser as they had in 1960.

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applied fertiliser much more frequently than in 1960.

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used 50 per cent less fertiliser than Dutch farmers.

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more than doubled the amount of pesticide they used in just 3 years.

Question 3

Which one of the following increased in New Zealand after 1984?

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farm diversification

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farm incomes

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over-stocking

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use of fertiliser

Question 4

Match each item with the group which first invented or used them.

Question 5

Choose the correct heading for sections A-D

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