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For many centuries, agriculture in Ukraine has been associated with decreasing soil fertility. Effectively, crops were grown at the expense of losses in potential soil fertility leading also to the degradation of soil physical properties of agricultural importance. Nutrient losses were partly compensated for by the application of organic and mineral fertilizers so that a gradual decline has occurred in soil nutrient status. As a result the biological cycling of many elements in the soil has been disrupted, leading to ecological changes on a landscape scale, enhanced wind and water erosion and ultimately to even greater losses in soil fertility [4,5].
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Shikula, M.K. (2000). A Mechanism for the Self-Regulation of Fertility in Ukrainian Chernozems. In: Wilson, M.J., Maliszewska-Kordybach, B. (eds) Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Security in Central and Eastern Europe. NATO Science Series, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4181-9_20
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