Maintenance of soil fertility and quality

Soil conservation refer to measures that are taken to protect the soil from destruction . The main measures that are taken to conserve soil include maintaining soil fertility and quality, preventing soil loss or erosion and preserving the soil.

Maintenance of soil fertility and quality;

The natural richness and fertility and richness of the soil should be maintained in order to ensure continued soil productivity. This can be achieved in the following ways.

• Crop rotation
• Mixed farming
•  Proper application of chemical fertilizers
• Drainage trenches
• Proper ploughing technique
• Intercropping
• Mulching
• Bush fallowing