ECOLOGY
HUMANS AND THE BIOSPHERE
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the ability to grow a lot of food.
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the ability to spend less money on fertilizer.
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the use of less water for irrigation.
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disease and pest resistance of the crops.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Higher Revenues. By growing monoculture plants, farmers usually benefit from higher profits. For example, cultivating a single kind of crop that is best suited to development in specific climate conditions, allows the farmer to get better yields and, therefore, get higher income.
Detailed explanation-2: -By growing just one crop species in a field at a time, monocultures enable farmers to use machinery, increasing the efficiency of activities like planting and harvesting.
Detailed explanation-3: -Monoculture/solely crop production farms are the farming types by which farmers grow only crops, both annual crops/trees and field crops, such as wheat, corn, rice, rapeseed, sugar cane, and cotton.
Detailed explanation-4: -It has been used in industrial farming and organic farming, allowing for increased efficiency in planting and harvesting, as well as lowering costs for farmers. A great example is the growing of only corn or beans for the entire planting season. However, it also increases the risk of exposure to pests and diseases.
Detailed explanation-5: -In an agricultural context, the term describes the practice of planting one species in a field. Examples of monoculture include lawns, fields of wheat or corn, or an apple orchard.