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What is meant by contour ploughing. terrace farming and strip cropping |
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Answer» contour farming or Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its ELEVATION contour lines. ... A SIMILAR practice is contour bunding where stones are placed around the contours of slopes. Contour ploughing helps to reduce soil erosion.In agriculture, a terrace is a PIECE of sloped plane that has been cut into a SERIES of successively receding flat SURFACES or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming. This type of landscaping is therefore called terracing. |
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