Management and conservation of soil fertility in crop production is an important aspect in ensuring sustainable food production. The quantity and the quality of farm produce is highly determined by the level of the soil fertility provided other factors are held constant.
For sustainable soil fertility management Johari Foundation has embarked on a number of tillage techniques, which has facilitated in soil conservation as well as reduction in cost and time in land management.
The tillage techniques include:-
• Minimum tillage
• Conservation tillage
• Growing of cover crops
• Basket composting
• Trench composting
• Agro forestry
The above methods are found to be significant in improving soil fertility by comparing yields with plots under other management practices. Though the amount of work that is involved is much, we encourage our guardians to practice them for better results.
It’s very encouraging to see our guardians making effort in every step to ensure that they are sustainable.