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Agriculture : Cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock for human use and consumption
Cropland : Covers 38% of Earth's land surface
Rangeland : land specifically for used for livestock
Healthy soil : a mix of rock, organic matter, water, gases, nutrients, and microorganisms
Erosion : process of moving soil from one area to another
Soil structure : a measure of the arrangement of sand, silt, or clay particles into clumps
Terracing : cutting level platforms into sidehills, used on extremely steep terrain
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Covers 38% of Earth's land surface
land specifically for used for livestock
process of moving soil from one area to another
cutting level platforms into sidehills, used on extremely steep terrain
a measure of the arrangement of sand, silt, or clay particles into clumps
a mix of rock, organic matter, water, gases, nutrients, and microorganisms
Cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock for human use and consumption