Terracing Planting

• A. Steps cut into soil on slopes to reduce water runoff
• B. Planting on flat terraces
• C. Drip irrigation on hills
• D. Contour plowing only

Answer: (A)

Terracing is about shaping the hillside by cutting steps into the slope to create level planting platforms. This modification slows down water flow, reduces soil erosion, and helps retain moisture so crops can grow on steep terrain.

The option that describes steps cut into soil on slopes to reduce water runoff captures this land-shaping technique directly. It explains how terracing physically alters the slope to manage water and soil.

Other descriptions refer to related practices without defining terracing itself: planting on flat terraces is a use of terraced land but doesn’t explain how terraces are created; drip irrigation on hills is about delivering water, not altering the land; contour plowing follows the land’s contour to reduce erosion but does not create stepped levels.