Crop Rotation Benifts
Crop rotation is an ancient farming practice that has been used by farmers since the BC century. Crop rotation is defined as the intentional planting of different types of crops in different parts of the field and at different seasons sequentially. It also entails choosing not to plant anything at all in a given season and allowing the land to rejuvenate while bare until the next season.
In crop rotation, one can also incorporate livestock into the practice when the land is left bare for a season of grazing.
Typically, they did it because of the seasonal calendar of the planting of crops, which was set traditionally as a planting pattern. Here are some of the known advantages and disadvantages of crop rotation.
What is Sustainable farming?
Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs. It can be based on an understanding of ecosystem services. There are many methods to increase the sustainability of agriculture. When developing agriculture within sustainable food systems, it is important to develop flexible business process and farming practices.
Agriculture has an enormous environmental footprint, playing a significant role in causing climate change (food systems are responsible for one third of the anthropogenic GHG emissions), water scarcity, water pollution, land degradation, deforestation and other processes; it is simultaneously causing environmental changes and being impacted by these changes. Sustainable agriculture consists of environment friendly methods of farming that allow the production of crops or livestock without damage to human or natural systems. It involves preventing adverse effects to soil, water, biodiversity, surrounding or downstream resources—as well as to those working or living on the farm or in neighboring areas. Elements of sustainable agriculture can include permaculture, agroforestry, mixed farming, multiple cropping, and crop rotation.