Due to a recent drought, a farmer has lost quite a bit of soil on his fields because

Drought refers to that period of time when there is no rainfall and that leads to the water shortage in a particular area.

Due to drought, the farmer has lost a certain amount of soil. It is because the soil lacks the water content. As there was no water for a prolonged period of time, the soil got dried. As a result of which the soil lost its fertility and due to this lack of moisture content in the soil, the loose soil materials were carried away by the wind. This led to the loss of a certain amount of soil.

the answer is :

it marks things for degradation via the proteasome. it alters there celluar location.