1st Edition

Conservation and Improvement of Sloping Lands, Volume 3 Practical Application - Soil and Water Conservation

By P. J. Storey Copyright 2003
    376 Pages
    by CRC Press

    368 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Volume 3 takes the subject of better land husbandry further. The book first points out the sort of things which have been, and are being used, but are failing to deliver what is required. It then explains the causes of erosion, the theory and practice of soil and water conservation, and practical and lasting ways to construct terraces, including such details as how to build different kinds of terrace walls. Nothing grows from the top down, as also with soil improvement. It explains in detail the way of achieving practical and sustainable soil and water conservation, practical ways in which farmers can themselves make and use practical and lasting ways to construct terraces, including such details as how to build different kinds of terrace walls.



    Part 1: Chapters Relating to Soil Improvement: What will the Future Be?; Some of the Wrong Ideas and Practices Concerning Soil Conservation; Erosion; What Do We Mean by Soil Conservation?; How Do We Plant Soil Conservation?; How to Compare Fields and Decide What Each Field Needs?; Soil and Fertility Conservation: Part One: Non-terrace Conservation; Soil and Fertility Conservation: Part Two: Terrace Making; Water Conservation―Part 2: Chapters in Common with Volume 2: Livestock; Forestry, Agroforestry and Bamboo; Appropriate Field Trials; Weed Control; Research and Development Needs; Extension Policy Methods and Related Considerations

    Biography

    Storey, P. J.