Soil
In some parts of the field, soil has been totally denuded; hence ploughing is done directly on soft metamorphic rock (schist). This is in fact seen from the Google earth image of the area in a larger scale too. Soils are generally lithosoil type and thin (<30 cm). Surface is apparently stony. Although we did not have samples from this location earlier, samples from the vicinity indicate that clay and organic matter contents of soils are significantly low. Soil feeding features are also poor particularly with respect to certain elements such as P, Fe, Ca etc.
