Ways in which the productivity of land can be increased

Ways in which the productivity of land can be increased

• Irrigation to get perennial output/continuous output
• Using fertilizers to increase or restore soil fertility
• Afforestation to protect soil and attract rain
• Crop rotation to ensure that soil nutrients are not exhausted
• Furrowing to rejuvenate the land/land left uncultivated
• Mechanisation to facilitate land cultivation/use of machinery
• Reclamation to make land hitherto unproductive to more productive
• Pest control to reduce damage
• Land tenure system to ensure economically viable piece of land exists
• To protect soil thus avoid soil erosion