Question

What is soil conservation suggest any three measures of soil conservation?

Answer 1

Answer:

Soil conservation is the process to improve fertility, decrease the erosion and exhaustion, and prevents soil degradation. The three methods are used for soil conservation: Terrace cropping: The cultivation of steps or terraces on the slopes restricts erosion.

Techniques for improved soil conservation include crop rotation, cover crops, conservation tillage and planted windbreaks, affect both erosion and fertility.

Answer 2

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Soil conservation includes all those measures which help in protecting the soil from Erosion or degradation.

Methods of soil conservation are:-

• Crop rotation
• Settled agriculture
• Strip cropping

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If the same crop is sown in the same field , year after year , this consumes certain nutrients from the soil making it infertile. Crop rotation can check this type of erosion.

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Checking and reducing shifting agriculture by persuading the tribal people to switch over to settled agriculture.

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Large fields can be divided into strips.Strips of grass are left to grow between the crops.This breaks up the force of the wind. This method is known as strip cropping.

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