EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
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Question
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People of the same culture
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Single variety of crops grown in large areas
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Couple of varieties of crops grown in large areas
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None of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Monoculture farming is a form of agriculture that is based on growing only one type of a crop at one time on a specific field. In contrast, a polyculture system assumes that a field is sown with two or more crops at a time.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Monoculture plantations cover large areas of agricultural land with a single crop. Typically, the plantations contain just one variety of said crop, with almost no variation.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system for a time.