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Soil deterioration, which gradually causes desertification, is one of the greatest disasters still threatening human communities. Scientifically, desertification is expressed as full or partial deterioration of soil occurring as a result of the unsustainable utilization by man of his own natural resources, which in turn causes imbalance of the elements of the earth and of the environmental system. This process results in damage to those properties of the soil that bear a direct relation to its productivity. Decreasing soil productivity entrains conversion to desert-like uncultivated land. In this situation, natural productivity does not meet the minimum requirements for the survival of man and his livestock, and imports from other regions become a necessity.
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Nofal, I., Barakat, T. (2001). Desertification in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In: Pasternak, D., Schlissel, A. (eds) Combating Desertification with Plants. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1327-8_35
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