Sentences with phrase «damage soil fertility»

So tweeted the renowned environmental campaigner and journalist George Monbiot earlier this week, after Gove condemned farmers who «drench» their fields in chemicals and damage soil fertility.

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It is about supporting a system of sustainable agricultural management that promotes soil health and fertility through the use of such methods as crop rotation and cover cropping, which nourish plants, foster species diversity, help combat climate change, prevent damage to valuable water resources, and protect farmers and farmersâ $ ™ families from exposure to harmful chemicals.

«They probably play an important role in restoring fertility to the soil in pastures, where it has been damaged by exposure to extremes of both temperature and humidity,» he says.

If the enjoyment of the property is affected by the action of encroaching roots on other properties of the soil eg fertility or workability of the soil, this is a continuing nuisance and, arguably, there is damage.