Which risk increases when terraced maize agriculture degrades, exposing soil?

💡 Explanation

Increased Ammonia volatilization reduces soil Nitrogen, reducing maize yields because eroded soil degrades nitrogen cycling. Land degradation produces ammonia gases rather than preventing it with healthy soil biota; therefore ammonia loss inhibits plant growth, rather than the other outcomes.

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