In subsequent years, maize is the primary crop ... of enhancing crop productivity that also happens to minimize soil erosion (Hellin 2003). The redistribution of topsoil from historical sediment ...

Wuhan, China - A research team led by Professor Mingqiu Dai from Huazhong Agricultural University published a study titled ...

“Maize is grown in rows; it’s not generally under sown so you can get a lot of soil erosion and runoff. Everything that’s bound to that soil and sediment – pesticides, fertilisers – all ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

But due to the big need to feed a big population many farmers now grow the same crops such as maize or sorghum ... tillage of the soil makes it bare and open to erosion by air and running water.

ALSO READ: Govt ready to examine, restructure existing rice system, says Mohamad Sabu "For the first time in Selangor, grain maize was planted on peat soil. The Selangor Agro Transformation Plan ...