Explain why conservation is the most important strategy in the soil management programs of agriculture.

Answer:

Pedogenesis, the formation of new soil, is a slow process that can take hundreds or thousands of years to complete. Human agriculture, meanwhile, relies upon using the same parcel of land for agriculture year after year, either for crops or livestock. Therefore it is easier to prevent the degradation of the old soil than it is to go through the process of generating new soil.