Soil Conservation in South Africa: A Review of the Problem and Developments to Date |
Contents
An era of land exploitation | 10 |
The Soil Conservation | 21 |
The conservation service | 27 |
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activities agricultural resources applied arable land Bantu Basutoland beef cash crops cattle CCTA cent commercial fertilisers compost contour banks crop production crop rotation cultivated dairy depletion district scheme Drakensberg drought due course Eastern Cape economic effect erosion and desiccation essential extensive farm plans farmers farming community farming industry farming systems favourable field fodder crops fruits grass leys green manuring Highveld Region humus important improvement inches increased inter-territorial co-operation irrigation land utilisation legumes livestock maize manure methods of land mixed farming Natal natural controls nitrogen Northern Cape Orange Free organisation permanent plant ploughing practice Pretoria private farms problems programme provisions purpose reclamation regards Regional Committee result River Sahara SARCCUS sheep slope Soil Conservation Act soil conservation district soil conservation scheme soil erosion soil humus South Africa stability strip-cropping strips sub-regions suited territories tion total area vegetation veld water supplies whole Winter Rainfall Region