Question

List some agricultural practices that help to maintain the fertility of soil.

Answer 1

1. Prevent the erosion of top soil which depletes the nutrient.

2. Crop rotation is growing several crops, one after another in a regular sequence.

3. Rotating the crop with legumes which enhances the nitrogen content.

4. Mixed cropping in which crops utilize soil nutrient more evenly.

5. Adding organic manure like compost.

6. Adding bio fertilizers like rhizobium, azolla etc.

7. Adding chemical fertilizers according to the requirement.