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| 2701 |
What is Zero Tillage?
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Crops grown without tillage.
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| 2702 |
What is Strip Cropping?
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Growing different crops in strips.
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| 2703 |
What is Sand Fencing?
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Fences to trap drifting sand.
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| 2704 |
What is Contour Ploughing?
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Ploughing parallel to contours.
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| 2705 |
What is Intercropping?
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Growing crops in alternate rows.
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| 2706 |
What is Terrace Farming?
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Making flat steps on slopes.
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| 2707 |
What is a Rock Dam?
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Rock piles to slow water flow.
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| 2708 |
What are Contour Barriers?
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Barriers of stones/grass/soil along contours.
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| 2709 |
What is Mulching?
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Covering soil with organic matter.
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| 2710 |
What causes land degradation in Punjab/Haryana/UP?
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Over-irrigation, salinity.
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| 2711 |
What causes land degradation in Gujarat/Rajasthan/Maharashtra?
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Overgrazing.
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| 2712 |
What is surface creep?
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Coarser soil rolling by wind.
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| 2713 |
When do ravines form?
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When gully erosion is unchecked.
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| 2714 |
Which erosion is most harmful?
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Sheet erosion.
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| 2715 |
What are the four types of water erosion?
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Splash, Sheet, Rill, Gully.
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| 2716 |
How is basic soil treated?
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By adding organic matter.
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| 2717 |
How is acidic soil treated?
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With lime.
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| 2718 |
What is Laterisation?
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De-silication and concentration of iron/aluminium.
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| 2719 |
What is Loamy Soil?
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Balanced mix of sand, silt, clay.
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| 2720 |
What is Leaching?
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Removal of soluble materials by water.
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| 2721 |
What is a soil profile?
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The vertical section of soil layers.
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| 2722 |
What are the components of soil?
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Minerals, humus, water, air.
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| 2723 |
What are the factors of soil formation?
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Relief, parent material, climate, vegetation, time.
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| 2724 |
What is soil?
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A mixture of rock debris + organic material.
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| 2725 |
What was a major weakness of Social Forestry?
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Success largely in Farm Forestry, poor ecological focus (Eucalyptus/Poplar).
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