PETALING JAYA: Researchers at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) are creating a mulching mixture which can prevent landslides when sprayed over bare soil on hillslopes.
Research team head Datuk Ahmad Fuad Embi said the mixture comprising nutrients, fibre, gluing agents and plant seeds, would act like an invisible plastic cover over the earth, protecting it from erosion during intense rainfall.
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