SOIL CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES

SOIL CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES

1. Example of soil conditioner

   • Biochar
   • Bone meal
   • Coffee compound
   • Compost

2. Causes of soil acidity

   • inefficient use of nitrogen
   • export of alkalinity
   • Ammonium based fertilisers

3. How to improve the soil texture?

   • Green manures
   • cover crops

4. How to reduce the effects of wind?

   • maintain a vegetative cove
   • reduce or eliminate tillage,
   • avoid overgrazing.

5. Conservation techniques

   • crop rotation,
   • cover crops

6. Irrigation techniques

   • Surface irrigation.
   • Localized irrigation
   • Center pivot irrigation

7. Crop rotation

   • Grow different crops