Key questions of the chapter 'soil and water conservation' are:

• What is understood by soil and water conservation?
• How can soil and water conservation serve to achieve Watershed Management objectives?
• Which factors are to be considered in soil and water conservation?
• What is meant by participation?
• Why is participation essential in Watershed Management?
• What types of soil and water conservation measures are available?
• Which soil and water conservation measures are appropriate?
• Which physical, which biological and which agronomic measures exist?
• Which principles should be considered in constructing physical measures?
• What are terraces?
• How function biological measures in soil and water conservation?
• How can reforestation be carried out?
• How function agronomic measures in soil and water conservation?
• What is meant by contour ploughing?
• Why is contour ploughing an effective measure for soil and water conservation?