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Proper soil preparation should be done before growing a new crop. Every crop plant lives in the soil. It can be a crop as tiny as a pea to the biggest fruit plants like mango trees all of them depend on the soil for their nutritional needs and water requirement. Soil gives plants a support to their spreading root system. It gives all the minerals, vitamins, macro and micronutrients that are necessary for the healthy growth and development of the crops. Farmers who plant crops and vegetables should know well about the growing season of and when to do the soil preparation beforehand. Proper preparation of soil ensures good crops and ultimately great yield and happiness to a farmer. Soil preparation refers to the process of loosening the soil particles by turning them with the help of a hoe or a plow (oxen driven or tractor driven plow) and the loosened and finer soil particles are then pushed across the flat surface of the garden to make it level (this is called soil leveling).

The question of what constitutes basic agricultural practices outline here in a nutshell. Good yield from crops is obtained by growing good and healthy and high yielding variety seeds. Plants need four things to grow well viz - air, water, sunlight, and mineral nutrients. Besides protecting them from predators like insects, pests and other runabout livestock ensure their independent growth. Following are some basic agricultural practices that are to be followed to get a good yield from cultivated crops. Preparation of soil Soil preparation  | Toronto star First, the soil should be prepared by turning and loosening to break the large sticky lumps into smaller pieces. Soil preparation is done by tilling follow by leveling. Selection of seeds Seed selection  | Flickr To plant crop into the prepared piece of land you need seeds. Proper selection of good seeds is critical as it ensures good returns. Only healthy and undamaged seeds should be taken. High Yielding Varieti

Joint forest management is one of the latest methods that was developed to bring about forest management strategy that is more effective and last longer. It is known in short as JFM. Through JFM conservation procedure, local people along with the forest officials should be involved in sorting out various available resources to protect the forest from the interference of intruders, poachers and indiscriminate killers of forest resources. This idea that local people should be included in the conservation of their forest and its biodiversity was considered noble and practical. The term as an idea developed in India in the 1980s.

Betel nut plantation is done  in the  leached  soil  of Meghalaya Laterite soil is also called Leached soil. It is mostly found in areas where there is a high amount of rainfall and snowfall and in places where the occurrence of glaciers are common. Pale red color laterite soil This soil is characterized by its high gravel content which makes it a poor supporter of plant growth. It is composed of the little amount of clay but a large amount of gravels and sands. In places like the Riwar part of the Meghalaya which received huge rainfalls the soil color ranges from red to grey. In other parts of the world, such soil is marked by pale red or just red color complexion. Laterite soil is very good for the plantation of betel nuts, tea, coconut etc. Laterite soil in Sohra, Meghalaya   (In the picture the soil was  added with farmyard manure)

Khadar is also known as fresh alluvial soil. It is popularly known as New Alluvial. Khadar alluvial soil is the most fertile and most productive soil on Earth. This type of soil is mostly found near the river banks in the plains. Based on the age of formation and their fertility, alluvial soils are grouped into two groups viz - Bangar alluvial soil and Khadar alluvial soil. Khadar - alluvial soil (New) New alluvial along the bank of Brahmaputra in Assam It is the alluvial soil which is newly brought about by the fast flowing river during monsoon season. This soil contains fresh minerals, silts, dead leaves, gravels and sands. The freshly washed away humus and dirts from the forest by the rainfall and then by the river will be deposited along the river bank. In the plain areas these deposits will get disbursed to the paddy field and crop grown field and gave the field new and fresh manure with rich contents. These soils are light in color and are found near the river.

Bangar alluvial soil is also known as Bhangar soil or old alluvial in India. It is less fertile than khadar . Bangar alluvial soil less fertile and less productive than khadar. This type of soil is mostly found near the old river banks in the plains or in the upper reaches of rivers. Based on the age of formation and their fertility, alluvial soils are grouped into two groups viz - Bangar alluvial soil and Khadar alluvium . Bangar Old alluvial is full of rock and gravel in upper reaches of Brahmaputra in Assam The river course always changes with the change of time. The river bank will not follow the same reute forever. When its bank becomes shallow as a result of too much deposits the river will change its course and this leads to the lesser deposits of the new alluvial soil in the bank. The khadar soil in the old river bank will slowly lose their finer texture and their fertility and then they will be known as Bangar or old alluvial. Khadar New alluvial along