FOOD TECHNOLOGY

FOOD WASTE REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The agricultural practice of growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species at one time.
A
Uniculture
B
Biculture
C
Monoculture
D
low input farming
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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 at a time.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

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: -The same crop species is continuously grown year after year on the same piece of land. This process is also known as continuous monoculture or “monocropping.” Below are the advantages and disadvantages of Monoculture farming.

Detailed explanation-5: -A type of commercial farming in which a single crop is grown on a large area is called plantation farming.

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