Research Article

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

Table 6

Soil loss caused by different cultivation measures in Muong Bo.

NoMeasuresSoil loss (ton·ha−1)
201420152016Average

1Cultivating based on contour lines63.3462.5361.2362.37
2Cultivating following terraces40.5439.6738.4339.55
3Cultivating terraces, planting strips of grass.-18.3318.1218.23
4Cultivating terraces, combining plantation of strips of grass and intercropping legumes (beans).-14.4314.6314.53

2014 is year in which the measures began carrying out because the strips of grass have not grown stably.