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State loses 10 mn MT of soil annually [1]

Shillong: Meghalaya loses approximately 10 million metric tones of top soil annually through practice of shifting cultivation, deforestation and other methods of soil degradation activities, said the Director of Soil and Water Conservation, KC Momin at the annual general meeting of Meghalaya Soil and Water Conservation held at the Conservation Training Institute at Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district on

Publication Date: 
04/10/2008
Shillong Times (Shillong) [2]
Tags:
Land Degradation [3], Soil Erosion [4], Shifting Cultivation [5], Meghalaya [6]
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