List Out Three Methods of Soil Conservation
List Out Three Methods of Soil Conservation
List Out Three Methods of Soil Conservation
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1. A orestation:
One of the best ways to conserve soil is to
increase the area under forests.
Undiscriminating trees cutting should be
stopped and e orts should be made to plant
trees in new areas. 20 to 25 per cent, as they
say, is the minimum area of forest land for the
whole country which is considered healthy for
soil and water conservation. Nevertheless, it
was raised to 33 per cent in the second ve-
year plan; the proportion being 20 per cent for
the plains and 60 per cent for hilly and
mountainous regions
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2. Checking Overgrazing:
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Grazing is very important. But overgrazing of
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forests and grasslands by animals, especially
by herds and ocks of sheep, goats, should be
properly checked. One can earmark separate
grazing grounds. Alternate fodder crops
should be grown in larger quantities.
3. Constructing Dams:
One of the scienti c methods to check soil
erosion. Soil erosion which happens maximum
by river oods can be avoided by constructing
dams across the rivers. Water speed can be
checked and it considerably saves soil from
erosion.
4. Changing Agricultural Practices:
We can save a lot of our valuable soil by
bringing about certain changes in our
agricultural practices. Roughly the context is
described below:
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