Soil Resources in India — Question 20

Soil conservation means the efforts made to prevent or reduce the loss of soil due to soil erosion and prevention of reduced fertility of soil caused by over-use, acidification, salinisation or other types of soil contamination.

Two ways in which one can reduce soil erosion are:

1. Through afforestation by increasing area under forests and stopping indiscriminate felling of trees.
2. By checking overgrazing in grasslands