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While water erosion continues to be the most serious cause of soil degradation globally, innovative strategies that remediate important soil functions can restore the productivity of eroded soils.
erosivity: the ability of any agent of erosion (wind, water, or gravity) to laterally transport soil material. evapotranspiration: the sum of the movement of water from soil, plants and water ...
All Pennsylvania farmers are required to have an Erosion and Sediment Control plan on file and put it into practice, unless ...
Soil erosion is the process by which soil is worn away by wind, water, or other agents. It is a natural process, but human ...
Adopting appropriate conservation practices such as intercropping, establishing water retention basins and building terraces can reduce soil erosion. However, these measures cannot be effective unless ...
water and nutrients for their efficient use in cropping systems, including through fallout radionuclide techniques and compound-specific stable isotopic techniques. The former group of techniques is ...
A study led by Prof. Amos Frumkin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity's most ...
Farmers under the Botanga Irrigation Scheme in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region have participated in a day’s ...
Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion ... including improving water quality and the ...