SOIL CONSERVATION

Soil conservation is a practice that prevents soil erosion, to protect soil fertility, to prevent soil pesticides from being carried away by running water.
In the village of Migoma there was a problem of soil erosion.Experts in soil management visited them after a long time of suffering. They were gathered and educated on the importance of soil conservation. They were told that in order to conserve soil, they were to built gabions, build terraces, plant more trees and plough across the hills. They put all that they were told into practice and saw its product. Few days later, their problem of soil erosion was solved.

Location: WAGOMA, MWANZA, TANZANIA