Band 5+: The pie chart below shows the main reasons why agricultural land becomes less productive. The table shows how these causes affected three regions of the world during the 1990s. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart demonstrates the causes of land degradation world life, focusing on the main reasons agricultural land becomes less productive. The table illustrates how these explanations affected North America, Europe and Oceania during the 1990.

Overall, over-grazing is the leading cause of land degradation globally. Followed by, deforestation and over cultivation. Among the three regions Europe experienced highest percentage of land degradation, while the North America saw a the least amount of degradation.

The pie chart reveals that over-grazing accounted for 35%of land degradation globally, making in the top globally. Followed by, deforestation 30% and over cultivation 28%. Other causes contribute only 7% of the total land degradation.

According to the table, Europe faced significant land degradation, with 23% of its agricultural land affected. Over cultivation was the primary cause in Europe, at 77%. In Oceania, over grazing was the major contributor, resulting in 13% of land degradation, while North America experienced the lowest total degradation at only 5% with over-cultivation being the most common factor 3.3%.