Soil conservation: contour ploughing
Contour ploughing mitigates the impacts of floods, storms, and landslides on the crops by reducing soil erosion up to 50 percent, controlling runoff water, increasing moisture infiltration and retention and thus enhancing soil quality and composition. This practice describes contour ploughing and contour beds which can be constructed manually using on farm equipment.
Auteur: FAO Strategic Objective 5 – Resilience, in FAO
Organisation: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Année: 2020
Pays: Grenada
Couverture géographique: Amérique latine et les Caraïbes
Type: Pratiques
Texte intégral disponible à l'adresse: https://teca.apps.fao.org/en/technologies/4641/
Langue: English