Soil Conservation - Sustainable Agriculture Training
Our Committment to Sustainable Agricuture
Soil Conservation How can we coserve the soil?
What happens to a “clean” farm?
Regular herbicide application to keep the farm “clean”
Very “clean” farm with no weed
Soil surface peeling off, which will be carried away by rains and winds
Uprooting of hard weeds or spot-spraying of hard weeds
Sickling of soft weeds
Mechanical weeding
Repeated application of herbicide destroys the organic matter and microorganisms in the soil, and the soil becomes inert. The soil surface gets washed away, and the drain walls collapse overtime.
When the tea bushes are young, you can intercrop with beans, such as lentils and soya, to keep the soil surface covered.
Soft weeds can be used as mulch to add organic matter to the soil.
All weeds can be composted and used as organic fertilizer.
When you reduce or stop the use of herbicide, the weeds can be used to enrich your soil. The microorganisms in the soil increase. You will not lose your tea bushes with landslides or collapse of drain sides.
Where the soil level was before
Where the soil level is today
Drain sides collapsing into the drain
Contour planting helps to prevent soil erosion.
Let us stop or reduce herbicide, and bring life back to the soil.
Roots of tea bushes getting exposed due to soil erosion
If you do not control the soil erosion, you will continue to lose your soil. It will eventually start to affect your tea production.
Drain sides are protected with natural vegetation
Tea bushes lost with a landslide
Banks are protected with natural vegetation
Grasses are planted to prevent soil erosion.
Soil Conservation How can we coserve the soil?
What happens to a “clean” farm?
Regular herbicide application to keep the farm “clean”
Very “clean” farm with no weed
Soil surface peeling off, which will be carried away by rains and winds
Uprooting of hard weeds or spot-spraying of hard weeds
Sickling of soft weeds
Mechanical weeding
Repeated application of herbicide destroys the organic matter and microorganisms in the soil, and the soil becomes inert. The soil surface gets washed away, and the drain walls collapse overtime.
When the tea bushes are young, you can intercrop with beans, such as lentils and soya, to keep the soil surface covered.
Soft weeds can be used as mulch to add organic matter to the soil.
All weeds can be composted and used as organic fertilizer.
When you reduce or stop the use of herbicide, the weeds can be used to enrich your soil. The microorganisms in the soil increase. You will not lose your tea bushes with landslides or collapse of drain sides.
Where the soil level was before
Where the soil level is today
Drain sides collapsing into the drain
Contour planting helps to prevent soil erosion.
Let us stop or reduce herbicide, and bring life back to the soil.
Roots of tea bushes getting exposed due to soil erosion
If you do not control the soil erosion, you will continue to lose your soil. It will eventually start to affect your tea production.
Drain sides are protected with natural vegetation
Tea bushes lost with a landslide
Banks are protected with natural vegetation
Grasses are planted to prevent soil erosion.
