PAGE 8 MONTHLY EDITION
DEFORESTATION A LIFE KILLER
Each component within the
minerals etc. There exists
here in Zimbabwe. Our economy is centrally
natural environment has a
interdependence between
Agro driven. We need to consume good food
positive role to play towards
the two as they all work
for us to be healthy and where does that come
the well being of every fea-
together
existence
from? You would concur with me that its the
ture be it biotic or abiotic.
whether directly or indi-
soil! My next question is can seeds grow
Biotic and abiotic compo-
rectly..
without water? Absolutely no, hence the
nents make up the ecosys-
Both our health and our
proverb ‘water is life’ and I’m sure we have
economic profitability all
all heard that at some point and it is true. But,
depend somehow on our
have you ever asked yourself where the water
agriculture
comes from?
tem . Biotic components include humans, plants, animals etc and abiotic components include water, soil ,
in
especially
Water is a product of what science calls the water cycle which is a process that incorporates different components to play their different roles for it to yield the maximum results. We are all part of this process. During this process the sun absorbs water from different environmental features like water bodies, by evaporation and trees by transpiration which is a process by which trees lose water through leaves. When the water is absorbed it forms in the clouds. This continues to happen until a point at which the clouds can no longer absorb any water [i.e. saturation]. At this stage, the rains will be ready to fall and we have water! The cycle recites
again and again. However it might not yield the same results due to some controllable variables. As I mentioned above various features play unique roles in the process. If anything that plays a role in the water cycle is negatively impacted then we will be disadvantaged because the outcome will also be negatively affected.
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ARTICLE BY: PRESSION ZHOU
