Sustainable Agriculture
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What is the primary benefit of crop rotation?

  • Increase in monocropping productivity
  • Dependence on synthetic fertilizers and herbicides
  • Enhancement of soil depletion
  • Reduction of reliance on specific nutrients and pest pressure (correct)

    • What is the consequence of monocropping?

  • Decreased need for synthetic fertilizers and herbicides
  • Gradual depletion of the soil of certain nutrients and selection for competitive pests and weeds (correct)
  • Reduction in pest and weed pressure
  • Enhanced soil fertility

    • How does crop rotation impact the need for synthetic fertilizers and herbicides?

  • Has no impact on the need for synthetic fertilizers and herbicides
  • Leads to complete elimination of synthetic fertilizers and herbicides
  • Increases the need for synthetic fertilizers and herbicides
  • Reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers and herbicides (correct)

    • What does crop rotation improve in the soil?

    <p>Soil structure and organic matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for growing the same crop in the same place for many years in a row?

    <p>Monocropping</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary benefit of crop rotation?

    <p>Reduced reliance on a single set of nutrients</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the consequence of monocropping?

    <p>Depletion of soil nutrients</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does crop rotation impact farm system resilience?

    <p>It increases farm system resilience</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a well-designed crop rotation reduce the need for?

    <p>Synthetic fertilizers and herbicides</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary disadvantage of monocultures?

    <p>Highly dependent on external inputs</p> Signup and view all the answers

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