fertility
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3.6
- noun
- /fərˈtɪləti/
:
fertilidad del suelo
- When vegetation is removed, torrential rain erodes soil, reducing its fertility and filling rivers with mud.
- soil fertility
- land fertility
- decline in fertility
Composting organic waste, like doing compost and using manure, are traditional methods to enhance soil fertility.
- Composting organic waste, like doing compost and using manure, are traditional methods to enhance soil fertility.
Examples
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Loss of soil fertility has stalled agricultural growth in parts of the developing world.
Academic text (2000) -
Disturbance effects attributed to diminished soil fertility may also be ameliorated by adding limiting nutrients to the ecosystem.
Academic text (2008) -
The animals provided fertility in the form of their waste to the plants and the plants provided food for the animals.
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Farmers have added fertility to the soil primarily in two ways.
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Here all this food comes off this farm and at the end of the season there is actually more soil, more fertility and more biodiversity.
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Sustainable management practices can help maintain forest soil fertility and productivity following harvest.
Academic text (2008) -
So regenerative agriculture is an approach to farming where you're increasing soil fertility through your farming.
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There was a loss of soil fertility from continual cotton and cassava cultivation.
Academic text (1991) -
At the smallest scale, wind erosion, which powers dust emission, can alter the fertility and water-retention capabilities of the soil.
Academic text (2011) -
Farmers have added fertility to the soil primarily in two ways.
Synonyms
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3.5
Soil or land that helps plants grow well
3
2.3
Ground that is rich in nutrients and helps plants grow well
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8.8
The ability to produce many plants or young animals
Very strong plant growth that covers the ground quickly
A quality of producing many things, like books or fruit
Compounds
How Fertile
- Specialized
1
8.8
3
3.5
8
3.6
- Specialized
55
5.7
1
8.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fertility comes from the Latin fertilis, from ferre meaning 'to bear' or 'carry'. Imagine rich soil that 'bears' many plants or fruit — that is why fertility describes land's power to grow crops.