Name: Conservation of Land Resources
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 32 s
Description: This video explains how humans are constantly consuming land resources, resulting in their depletion, as well as the different causes and solutions.

Question

Discuss any four methods of soil conservation.

Accepted Answer

Afforestation means planting trees in large numbers to increase the area under forest cover. Trees keep the soil held together and prevents erosion. It is the best way to conserve soil. Rows of trees are planted at short distances in the field to provide shelterbelts.

Overgrazing by animals leads to depletion of the plants that hold the soil together and may lead to loosening of soil and erosion. Fodder should be raised as a crop rather than making the land devoid of any plant cover.

Rotation of crops, strip cropping or the cultivation of erosion-inducing crops in rotation and alternation with erosion-resisting crops, terrace and contour-binding, contour ploughing and cover crops are some agricultural practices that help in the conservation of soil.

Water management aids in the activation of bacteria that help in soil replenishment, resulting in higher crop yields.

Discuss any four methods of soil conservation.

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