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Chapter : 3. Improvement In Food Resources
Crop Rotation
Crop Rotation The growing of different crops on a piece of land in a pre-planned succession is called crop rotation. Depending upon the duration, crop rotation may be of following three types : (a) One year rotation 1. Maize - Mustard 2. Rice - Wheat (b) Two years rotation 1. Maize - Mustard-Sugarcane - Fenugreek 2. Maize - Potato- Sugarcane - Peas (c) Three years rotation 1. Rice - Wheat - Mung - Mustard 2. Sugarcane - Berseem 3. Cotton - Oat - Sugarcane - Peas - Maize - Wheat