What practices could help reduce erosion of water banks?

    In order to avoid the appearance of erosion, it is important to take some preventive measures:

• Carry out planting accompanied by a contour line, this is one of the most successful containment practices. The level curve prevents rainwater from flowing down the slope with great speed, so it does not cause erosion.

• Combine crops with the planting of vegetables such as eucalyptus, bamboo and sugar cane, as these act as a protective barrier in relation to wind and rain erosion.

• Another alternative of prevention is to carry out the planting in level curves of the terrace type, in this technique the water is retained, preventing the formation of runoff, which is a potential erosive agent.

• Act effectively in the preservation and conservation of gallery forests, in addition to recovering degraded areas of riparian forests, the vegetation cover contributes to prevent the passage of runoff that causes erosion and also prevents the silting up of water sources.

• Rugged regions must be preserved and not occupied for the development of agriculture, as well as areas of fragile soils that are easily affected by erosion.