Question

Leaving the land uncultivated for one or more seasons is called

• A. Crop rotation
• B. Inter cropping
• C. Field fallowing
• D. Both (a) and (b)

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Field fallowing

The correct option is (C)

Explanation of correct option:

1. Field fallowing means leaving a cropland uncultivated for multiple seasons for it to regain its nutrition.
2. It is allowed to retain and soak in all moisture and allow the soil microbes to grow and the nutrients to settle in.
3. This makes the land ready for crops and ensures a good yield.

Explanation of incorrect option:

Option (A):

1. Crop rotation the process of changing the crops throughout the year so that the nutrion needs can be altered.
2. Every crop has certain specific nutrition needs, thereby rotating or changing crops can retain and help the soil replenish certain nutrients.

Option (B):

1. It can be defined as using a single piece of land and growing two different crops simultaneously in the same season.
2. For this purpose, two crops are selected which can grow in the same season.
3. The crops must have different mineral requirements or else one of them would suffer due to competition for nutrient uptake.

Final answer:

Leaving the land uncultivated for one or more seasons is called field fallowing.