Conserving and improving the soil

Soil must be protected against erosion, when a field is cultivated, the soil is often left bare, when it rains very hard, the water flows fast and carries away the good soil, (this is erosion).

The soil becomes less fertile and afterwards the harvest are less good. When the ground is on a slope, that is on contour line, by this means the water will not flow so fast and the good soil will no carried away.

When the slope is steep, Terrence farming is used. You will build little wall of earth or stone to hold back the good soil.

In some mountainous region there is a lot of terrace farming. However, if the slope is not too steep, you can make a ditches along the contour lines, or barrier strips or ridges.

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