GEOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Reduce the ratio of chemical elements in the fertilizer
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Irrigate the crops using well water
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Rotate the types of crops grown
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Plant only genetically modified crops
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fodder crops are an important component of mixed farming. Crop rotation and intercropping play an important role in maintaining soil fertility. Hence it does not follow monoculture.
Detailed explanation-2: -Raising a single crop has drawbacks as it increases the risk of disease and pest outbreaks because monocultures lack other plant and animal species that limit the spread of disease and control pests through predation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Monocropping, commonly practiced in commercial farms and in smallholder farms with relatively large areas for cultivation, is a practice where a field is used for production of pure stands of one crop only.
Detailed explanation-4: -In intensive type of farming crops are rotated.