What are 3 ways farmers can help conserve the soil?
Soil conservation is a set of management strategies for prevention of soil being eroded from the earth’s surface or becoming chemically altered by overuse, salinization, acidification, or other chemical soil contamination. The principal approaches these strategies take are: choice of vegetative cover erosion prevention salinity management acidity control encouraging health of beneficial soil organisms prevention and remediation of soil contamination mineralization other ways are no till farming contour ploughing wind rows crop rotation the use of natural and man-made fertiliser resting the land Many scientific disciplines are involved in these pursuits, including agronomy, hydrology, soil science, meteorology, microbiology, and environmental chemistry. Decisions regarding appropriate crop rotation, cover crops, and planted windbreaks are central to the ability of surface soils to retain their integrity, both with respect to erosive forces and chemical change from nutrient depletion. Cr
