A top dressing of fertilizer should be added to improve growth as mint impoverishes the soil quickly.

应施顶肥以促进生长，因为薄荷会使土壤迅速变得贫瘠。

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Biotechnology also offers the possibility of reducing the use of toxic agricultural pesticides, and may also improve the efficiency of fertilizer and other soil amendments.

生物技术还提供了这种可能性：减少有毒农药的用量，还可以提高肥料和其他土壤改良剂的效率。

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Crop rotation is a simple and effective technique used in organic agriculture to reduce the need for pesticides and improve soil fertility.

轮作是应用于有机农业上的一种简单而有效的技术，能减少农药的使用和提高土壤肥力。

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If possible, in the year before you plant potatoes, plant a cover crop to improve the soil and the potato production.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

To improve clay soils, mix in garden waste or other organic matter and turn the soil deeply in the fall.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Corn harvests remain small. The researchers say farming methods in Sub-Saharan Africa need to improve or else poor quality soil will increase rural poverty.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

The adoption of herbicide-resistant crops could help improve water and soil quality by reducing the need for tilling.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The scheme is an agri-environment scheme, which provides funding for farmers to manage their land in a way designed to benefit biodiversity and landscape features and improve the quality of water and soil.

BBC: Environment and Sustainability Committee

Zoning laws would be rewritten so that, over time, large parcels of abandoned land would be converted into landscaped open space networks that would capture and clean storm water, improve air quality, and clean contaminated soil as well as provide new recreational opportunities like bike paths and hiking trails and create habitats for local wildlife and migrating birds.

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