INCOH/SAR-11/96-Prevention and control of soil erosion

Abstract

Soil and water have always been vital for sustainable life, and these resources are becoming more limited as population increases. The importance of conserving soil productivity and protecting the quality of both soil and water is becoming more clear to the people than ever before. The soil is a replaceable basis of agricultural production. The soil degradation by erosion effects enormous area of the world. Nearly 31% of the land surface of the globe is subjected to water erosion. It washes about 60 million tons of the soil to the oceans every year. The present report provides an overview of soil erosion process and summarises various techniques of soil and water conservation.