GENERAL GEOLOGY

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: -: the cultivation or growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or forest land. : a crop or a population of a single kind of organism grown on land in monoculture. : growth consisting of a single crop, plant, or organism.

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. But despite supplying the lion’s share of the world’s food, monocultures are amongst the most controversial features of today’s agriculture.

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.