Bijie prefecture of Guizhou province is situated on the roof of yunnan-Guizhou plateau.In recent years

soil and water loss in this area is very severe

which results in desertification

de-creese of soil fertility and increase of the area of lower-yield farmland

the phenomenon of pollutingand occupying farmland against the law is widespread the above factors hinder the development ofthe agricultural productivity

Based on analysis of the resons of destruction of land resources.theauthor puts forward the protection policy of farmland resources and a serious of countermeasures

such as huilding terraces in the slop farmland

carrying out comprehunsive control taking small wa-tershed as a unit

regulating land utilization constructure and controlling the population increase.