Published 2023-04-27
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Abstract
Soil erosion is an imperative environmental deterioration that leads to serious impact on
physical, economical and ecological in developing countries. Present study investigates
farmers' views of soil erosion problems and their conservation knowledge and practices in the
Kangsaboti watershed (South Bengal, India) to understand the complex inter-relationships
between perception of farmers' knowledge and soil water conservation (SWC). Data was
obtained from a survey of 540 farm households and informal discussions selected by stratified
random sampling from upper, middle and lower catchment at Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and
Purulia districts respectively. The analysis reveals that farmer age, farming experience, farm
training, education and numbers of economically active household members are positively
responsible to soil erosion and SWC in the study area. Consequently, potential knowledge of
farmers is to be harnessed effectively to mitigate the problem through perception of benefits
from conservation of natural resources.