Monoculture represents the cultivation of a single plant species, such as soy.
The realization of monoculture triggers several damages to the environment. Cultivating a single species can cause soil depletion, leading to nutrient depletion and, consequently, nutritional impoverishment.
Monoculture has a number of consequences not only for the soil, but for the animals and the people who live there. Among the main consequences of monoculture, we can highlight:
Difficulty finding food from the typical animals of the region, leading them to invade urban centers and other areas in search of food, becoming easy prey;
Reduction of the natural fauna of the place, as the lack of food makes the animals have difficulty reproducing;
Increased pests, which do not find natural predators and require even more pesticides to be used;
Increased insect population, contributing to the spread of disease;
Reduction in labor use, contributing to increased rural exodus;
Interruption of the natural process of recycling soil nutrients, making it poor and decreasing its productivity;
