Research Article

Assessing Soil Erosion by Agricultural and Forestry Production and Proposing Solutions to Mitigate: A Case Study in Son La Province, Vietnam

Table 3

The value is based on land use types and farming practices.

Land use typesFarming practices

Paddy rice/fallowPlanting on beds, slope <8o0.1
Paddy rice/annual food crop
Shifting cultivationPlanting on terraces, slope > 15o0.8
Annual food and industrial cropsPlanting on terraces, slope ≤ 15o0.6
MeadowNo conservation practices1.0
Fruit-treePlanting based on lines, terraces, and strips0.35
Perennial industrial plants
Plantation forestPlanting terraces, slope above 15o0.9
Natural forestNo conservation practices1.0
Natural restoration forest
Arable landsNo conservation practices1.0
Hilly and mountainous shrub and grass lands