Abstract: Soil degradation remains a major serious threat agenda receiving a global attention on the pragmatic causes and its effects on food availability for the growing population. Yola South LGA, of Adamawa State is among the soil degraded region most especially in the tropics as a result of different causative agents. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the substantive causes of soil degradation on farmlands in Yola South LGA, of Adamawa State. Parameters related to soil degradation such as anthropogenic, cultural, edaphic and climatic factors were surveyed and assessed.