METHOD ADOPTED FOR PREVENTION OF SOIL EROSION IS CALLED "SOIL CONSERVATION. "

Soil erosion is because of the washing away of top soil by the action of floods, rains or winds, where by the soil loses its agricultural productivity and qualities. The method adopted for prevention of soil erosion is called "Soil Conservation " The productive qualities of a soil may also be impaired by excessive use of artificial fertilizing manuers, using wrong methods for the rotation of crops and removal of the natural cover of grass and forests from the ground. Methods adopted for controlling soil erosion or for improving the soil are :Holding irrigation or rain water over the land for long periods or making it flow at a very slow velocity by constructing small bunds  or terraces ;growing small plants on the fields at all seasons to hold water