Question

What is meant by soil conservation? List out its methods.

Answer 1

Soil conservation is the preventing of soil loss from erosion or reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination. Slash-and-burn and other unstainable methods.

Methods of Soil Conservation:-

1-Terrace farming

2- Buffer strip

3- Crop rotation

4- Forest protect

5- Afforestation

6- Mulching

7- No-till farming