Question

What do you understand by soil conservation ? Describe the various steps that can be taken to conserve soil ?? ​

Answer 1

Soil conservation practices are tools the farmer can use to prevent soil degradation and build organic matter. These practices include: crop rotation, reduced tillage, mulching, cover cropping and cross-slope farming. farmers to increase soil organic matter content, soil structure and rooting depth.

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Let's take a look at 25+ ways to protect and conserve the soil.

• Forest Protection :— The natural forest cover in many areas has been decreased due to commercial activity.
• Buffer Strips.
• No-Till Farming.
• Fewer Concrete Surfaces.
• Plant Windbreak Areas.
• Terrace Planting.
• Plant Trees to Secure Topsoil.
• Crop Rotation.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Soil conservation is the prevention of loss of the top most layer of the soil from erosion or prevention of reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination.Slash-and-burn and other unsustainable methods of subsistence farming are practiced in some lesser developed areas.

Majors steps taken to conserve soil:-

Afforestation

1) Checking Overgrazing

2) Constructing Dams

3) Changing Agricultural Practices

Crop Rotation

Strip Cropping

Use of Early Maturing Varieties

Contour Ploughing

Terracing and Contour Bunding

Checking Shifting Cultivation

Ploughing the Land in Right Direction

We can save a lot of our valuable soil by bringing about certain changes in our agriculture practices.

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