Soil conservation
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- Hi ! I am an environmentalist from Chandigarh, Let's see where I can meet Mr. Sham (a farmer) to see their approach towards soil conservation. We have already planned our meet for today.
- Sham's Farm
- (Amar and Mr. Sham starts walking and Amar starts exploring more farming techniques used by Mr. Sham and other farmers.)
- Hi Mr. Sham, how are you? I am Shun. Can you please tell me some methods how you conserve soil?
- Hi Shun, nice to meet you. Sure, I will tell you our farming methods which we use to save soil. Come with me.
- For irrigation we have micro irrigation project which includes drip irrigation and sprinklers.
- (Amar and Mr. Sham walks towards the farm and also meet Suzy.)
- Oh, Wow! This method is really helpful. It really has so many beneficial effects on soil fertility and nutrient cycling.
- First, we use -Intercropping, in which we grow two or more crops at the same time making use of resources that would otherwise not be utilized by a single crop.
- Yes, Soils of Telangana are well-drained and moderately well-drained and give a favorable environment for soil fertility management.
- Next we plant Windbreaks. They prevent soil erosion by slowing the force of wind over open ground.
- Yes, it will increase trees which prevents soil erosion because of high winds or floods.
- (They walk towards more farms.)
- And meet Suzy, she will tell you more about windbreaks.
- Hi Shun. They are commonly planted in hedgerows around the edges of fields on farms.
- Strip cropping is planting and growing of crops in alternating strips. The strips are systematically arranged across a field as close to the contour as possible.
- It would help as certain layers of plants will absorb minerals and water from the soil more effectively using this method.
- (They also went to Mr. Raghu to know more about their farming practices.)
- Strip cropping agriculture is used to improve soil health.
- (Amar leaves the farm and was very happy to know about all these methods to conserve soil.)
- Wow! These farming practices are really good for soil. Thank you Mr. Sham and Raghu for this help. Bye.
- Organic farming is practices in Telangana which is the best form of farming in which crops are grown without the use of fertilizers and pesticides.
- 37.24 lakh quintals of seeds of various crops, HYV, Paddy, Hybrid Paddy, Maize, Cotton and Bengal gram, etc. are produced.
- Farmer's are empowered in seed management enabling them to acquire good quality seed.
- No problem Amar. Goodbye.
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