HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Cultivated rows run sideways, rather than up and down. Slows down water erosion.
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Shelter belt
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Strip cropping
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Terracing
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Contour plowing
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Contour farming is the practice of tillage, planting, and other farming operations performed on or near the contour of the field slope. This method is most effective on slopes between two (2) and ten (10) percent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Contour ploughing mitigates the impacts of floods, storms and landslides on the crops by reducing soil erosion up to 50 percent, controlling runoff water, increasing moisture infiltration and retention and thus enhancing soil quality and composition.
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