Andrew T. answered 08/20/23
Fluent Italian Speaker with 5+ Years of Language Tutoring Experience
Awesome question!
It depends on the context, but, most often, "Land degradation" refers to the gradual decrease in quality of land based on the consumption of nutrients by plants. Basically, the land "degrades" or gets worse as it is farmed too much, as the plants take the nutrients out of the soil.