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

Soil management is the application of practices that help to protect the soil and increase its performance like soil fertility.

The conservation is one of the most important steps in soil management because as the formation of new soil takes around hundred to thousand years. For the agriculture, practice is performed on the same piece of land year after year. So, it is easier to conserve soil and prevents their degradation than to go through the process of generating new soil.