physical resources

Land is a renewable resource. Cropping. As the name The land however should be preserved and wisely used so that it will maintain its fertility and continue to be conservation used. Conservation of the land

 Replanting of vegetation after mining and quarrying activities.
 Controlling lumbering which ensures that only a few mature trees are moved
From the forested areas.
 Uses of fertilizers to maintain soil
Soil fertility humus is also a natural
Way of replenishing the of the richness
Soil.
 Crop rotation should replace mono-cropping. As the name implies this is a system of farming whereby different crops are planted on the same piece of land in succession. This benefits the land since different plants use different nutrients from the soil.
 Pastures should be subdivided to allow for rotation of grazing.
 Ploughing of hillsides should be done along the contours. The horizontal furrows retain the soil and prevent it from being washed away by rain.

Poor farming techniques
There are four (4) main poor techniques of farming
• Shifting cultivation is employed by farmers who clear the land of its trees and other vegetation to plant crops.
• Monocropping is planting of a single type of crop on a piece of land. After harvesting, the same type of crop successively replanted.
• Overgrazing is when goats, sheep and cattle are allowed to graze on the same pasture over prolonged periods they remove almost all of the vegetation leaving the top soil exposed.
• Ploughing farmers normally plough hillsides forming gullies and furrows which run from top to bottom of the hill.

 Forestry &Farming help to product food and reduce exporting from other country which also reduce money to export. It reduces
 The land is also useful for