We can conserve our land resources by adopting the following measures

We can conserve our land resources by adopting the following measures:

1. By educating, informing and sensitizing all stakeholders about various aspects of this precious resources and it sustainable use.

2. By nourishing the land through conservation of rain water, recharging of ground water and judicious water use.

3. By anchoring soil to the earth through tree plantation, afforestation and enhanced green cover.

4. By enriching soil fertility through leguminous crops and adoption suitable crop rotations that support diversification.

5. By nurturing soil health through recycling organic wastes and adoption of Integrated Plant Nurtrient management practices.

6. By protecting land from overuse of chemical pesticides through adoption of Integrated Pest Management practices.

7. By saving land from overgrazing through suitable animal husbandry and ‘Social’ and other fencing.

8. By adoption of resources conservation technologies such as zero- tillage, reduced tillage, surface seeding, bed-planting, use of drip and sprinkler irrigation and agronomic practices that promote precision agriculture, save water, energy and improve productivity.

9. By creating suitable incentives to conserve land such as security of land tenure, productive and conservation techniques, people’s participation, charges and sanctions

10. By empowering communities to make and implement decisions in order to tap knowledge, enthusiasm and energy and creating forums for negotiation and conflict resolution.

11. By adopting the integrated waterhead approach for rainfed farming which promotes need-based soil conservation measures in arable and non- arable lands.