Do you know! De-basing ground

Six billion tons of valuable soil is lost in India every year. The
former Soviet republics of Eastern Europe and central Asia lose two and
a half billion tons. Every year, soil erosion robs Ethiopia of 1.5
million tons of grain, equivalent to all the food relief shipped into
the country during the famine in 1985. This is quite alarming in view of
the fact that globally, each year, the world population increases by
more than 90 million, while the topsoil lost amounts to more than 20
billion tonnes.

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