Question

What steps can be taken to control soil erosion in hilly and arid areas

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Afforestation: The best way to conserve soil is to increase the area under forest. Indiscriminate felling of the trees should be stopped and efforts should be made to plant trees in new areas.

2. Checking shifting cultivation: Checking and reducing shifting cultivation will reduce soil erosion.

3. Contour Ploughing:  If ploughing done at right angles to the hill slope, following the natural contours of the hill, the ridges and furrows break the flow of water down the hill. This will prevents soil erosion.

Answer 2

Various steps have been taken to control soil erosion in hilly and arid areas.

Explanation:

• The steps taken to control the erosion of soil in hilly areas are through the contour plowing, Terrance farming, plugging of gullies to prevent erosion. Other steps include the afforestation and checking the shifting cultivation.

• Methods to control the erosion of soil in the arid regions that include those areas that have lack the availability of water are conservation tillage which reduces the tillage and is also called trash farming.

• Deep tillage, were the available amount of moisture is increased if the root depth is increased.

• Conservation farming or tillage is a  method that increases crop yields. Strip cropping is also used to reduce the width of the field areas where the soil is exposed to the winds.

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