Question

List few advantages of crop rotation.

Answer 1

Crop rotation:

The cultivation of different crops one by one in a specified order on the same fields of the same area is called crop rotation

Advantages of crop rotation:

1. Crop rotation maintains soil fertility. and also improve it.
2. Crop rotation prevents soil from weeds, pests, and disease
3. Control soil erosion and soil depletion.
4. The physical and chemical nature of the soil remains unaltered.
5. Crops are grown in one period of time and utilize one set of nutrients.
6. Different crops are grown in the following time period the other set of nutrients so that this time will be enough for the first set of nutrients to replenish themselves.