Bill Caldwell: Gene Poirot advocated soil, water conservation for 60 years

Bill Caldwell: Gene Poirot advocated soil, water conservation for 60 years

Conservation of soil and water is basic to agricultural education today. But it was not always so. A hundred years ago, soil conservation was still a new concept with few advocates. Problems with erosion and tired soils were common to…

‘All the birds returned’: How China led the way in water and soil conservation - NewsGroove Uk

It was one of China’s most ambitious environmental endeavours ever.The Loess plateau, an area spanning more than 245,000 sq miles (640,000 sq km) across three provinces and parts of four others, supports about 100 million people. By the end of the 20th century, however, this land, once fertile and productive, was considered the most eroded