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A) reduced need to cultivate fragile lands to produce the food required by the world
B) imbalanced human nutrition due to decreased production of edible legume crops
C) increased use of chemical pesticides
D) increased micronutrient levels in the soil
E) decreased biological diversity in soil systems


D

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