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What is strip cropping?


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Strip cropping:

  1. Strip cropping is an agriculture production technique used to prevent soil erosion.
  2. Strip cropping is the method of developing different crops on the very same field in distinguishable stripes or patches, generally alternately.
  3. It alternates rows of carefully sown crops like hay, wheat, or other grains with rows of row crops like corn, soybeans, cotton, or sugar beets.
  4. Strip cropping works to prevent soil erosion by maintaining the natural dams for water, thereby preserving soil strength.

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