Soil Erosion Magnitude of Upland Farming Practices in Bataan | Chapter 10 | Advances and Trends in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 3
There were factors affecting erosion such as climate, soil type, vegetation and topography. Upland areas were denuding exponentially due to the fact that those people looking for livelihood had little concern and awareness on environmental sustainability and management. Upland farming practices that was easy like weeding, pest control and fertilization were often carried out without soil erosion control and water management. The result of the study revealed that an area with intercropped permanent crops has less amount of soil eroded or tolerable annual soil loss. But the areas with short duration crops (cash crops) and which adopted the same cropping pattern from the previous season resulted to severe soil erosion. Calculated annual soil erosion were 3.33, 4.57, 23.18, 0.31 tons and zero erosion for Site 1, Site 2, Site 3, Site 4, and Site 5, respectively.
Author(s) Details
Ricson L. Ines Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bataan Peninsula State University, Bataan, Philippines.
Fernando V. Gonzales Department of Agriculture, Bataan Peninsula State University, Bataan, Philippines.
Walter G. Valdez Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bataan Peninsula State University, Bataan, Philippines.
Jonathan E. Lacayanga Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bataan Peninsula State University, Bataan, Philippines.
Editha A. Ganado Department of Agriculture, Bataan Peninsula State University, Bataan, Philippines.
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