L6.2: Soil Resources

• SOIL RESOURCES

  ● Soil as we all know provides essential nutrients for the plants to survive. The decayed organic materials are transformed into fertilizers that enrich the soil.

  ● It is commonly made up of water, air, and organic materials making it a good source of nutrients that nourishes every plant.
• Ways to Conserve Soil

  ● Planting trees

  ● Building terraces

  ● No-till farming

  ● Contour Plowing

  ● Crop rotation

  ● Promoting helpful organisms
• Ways to Conserve Soil

  ● Planting trees

  ○ among the ways of conservation; planting trees holds the soil intact and in its place that prevents soil erosion.
• Ways to Conserve Soil

  ● Building terraces

  ○ Terraces help to prevent water surface runoff.
• Ways to Conserve Soil

  ● No-till farming

  ○ The process of tilling is beneficial in mixing fertilizers in the soil, making rows, and preparing the surface for sowing.

  ○ Tilling activity can lead to compaction of soil, loss of organic matter in the soil, and the death of soil organisms. No-till farming is a way to prevent the soil from this harm.
• Ways to Conserve Soil

  ● Contour Plowing

  ○ This type of method helps the soil to prevent water runoff and prevents the soil to be washed away by any uncertain changes in weather.
• Ways to Conserve Soil

  ● Crop rotation

  ○ This method provides a series of different crops in an area.

  ○ Crop diversity.
• Ways to Conserve Soil

  ● Promoting helpful organisms

  ○ Bacteria and fungi help to maintain the soil healthy and the earthworms are the most common organism that helps the soil to decompose the organic materials that are present.

  ○ Earthworms help soil aeration helping the soil to absorb macronutrients and by these boost the level of nutrients in the soil.