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Definition of Soil conservation
1. Noun. Protection of soil against erosion or deterioration.
Definition of Soil conservation
1. Noun. Protection of the soil against sediment loss by erosion or fertility loss due to degradation. ¹
2. Noun. A combination of all soil management and land use methods that protect against degradation. ¹
3. Noun. The sub-discipline of soil science that deals with soil conservation (1) and (2). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soil Conservation
Literary usage of Soil conservation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evaluating Agri-Environmental Policies: Design, Practice and Results by SourceOECD (Online service) (2005)
"By the 1970s, however, policy makers recognised that existing farm price and
income support programmes were not always consistent with soil conservation ..."
2. Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods: Uniting Science and by Barry Pound (2003)
"Village headmen who remembered events from the 1940s were able to describe and
quantify some of the main changes in physical soil conservation ..."
3. Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods: Uniting Science and by Barry Pound (2003)
"Village headmen who remembered events from the 1940s were able to describe and
quantify some of the main changes in physical soil conservation ..."
4. Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods: Uniting Science and by Barry Pound (2003)
"Village headmen who remembered events from the 1940s were able to describe and
quantify some of the main changes in physical soil conservation ..."
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