Question
Why is conservation of soil important? Suggest three different ways of soil conservation.
Answer
The conservation of soil is important because the formation of soil is a very slow process. It takes thousands of years to form a thin layer of soil.
The three different ways of soil conservation are:
(i) Plantation of trees.
(ii) Development and management of pasture land.
(iii) Selective agricultural practices like crop rotation and multiple cropping method.