Nutrient Management Strategies for Sloping Lands in Guizhou

30 Aug 2005

Effect of balanced fertilization on soil erosion

The two photos below show video making for the sloping land project (left) and effect of different treatments on reduction of soil erosion (right). In the right picture, soil in the three bags represents three treatments: middle bag – eroded soil from the plot of farmers practice; left bag – eroded soil from the plot of balanced fertilizer treatment, and right bag –eroded soil from plot of balanced fertilizers + alley cropping.