Which consequence results if increased rainfall leaches nutrients following slash-and-burn maize cultivation?

💡 Explanation

Lowered levels of critical soil nutrients cause nutrient deficiencies because excessive rain dissolves and carries away dissolved minerals. Consequently yield declines; therefore the next harvest suffers, rather than any compensatory nitrogen fixation arising.

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