Seeing the life in the soil

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https://www.accessagriculture.org/seeing-life-soil

Duration: 

09:20:00

Year of Production: 

2023

Source/Author: 

Agro-Insight
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As a big factor of crop production, soil health should be kept well for the production of good health food for the farmers in the world. Indicators of good soil being existance of many living things like earth worms and plant roots, a farmer should use a spade to remove a block of soil 20cm wide, 20cm long and 20cm deep and put it in the bags and close it tightly so that living things do not escape.

Soil management

Label the bag and take samples from at least 3 parts of field holding a spade upright during soil extraction for equal soil amount from each sample part.
Similarly, put each sample in a separate labelled bag and classify living things in a comfortable place with plenty of light and put hand ful of soil on tray and carefully pick out all the living things  seen with naked eyes. Count the number of living things and write them on sheet paper according to species.
Keep on until all soil is finished from each bag and each sample, write down number of living things from each field. Many living things indiate good soil health life while little or no living things indicate poor health of soil.
Furthermore, add animal manure or compost to soil to revive its health and also plough less the soil to improve its life and finally farm using agroforestry.
Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0000:36One need a good healthy soil to produce a good healthy crop.
00:3701:24Indicators of good soil are existance of many living things and roots.
01:2501:53Use a spade to remove a block of soil from selected field sites.
01:5402:05Put all soil in bag and close it tightly.
02:0602:21Label the bag and take samples from parts of field.
02:2202:45Hold spade upright during soil extraction.
02:4603:38Put each sample in a separate labelled bag.
03:3903:44Classify living things in a comfortable place.
03:4504:05Put a handful of soil on tray and pick out allliving things seen.
04:0604:21Count number of living things and write them on paper according to species.
04:2204:28Keep on until all soil is finished from each bag.
04:2904:47Write down number of living things for each sample.
04:4804:57Calculate average number of of living things from each field.
04:5806:09Add animal manure or compost to soil.
06:1007:44Also plough less and farm using agro forestry.
07:4509:20Summary

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