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What does crop rotation mean?

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Noun
  1. (agriculture) A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility.
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He uses cow manure, green manure and crop rotation to ensure nutrient-rich soil for his rapeseed crop.
In the end, the open-field system of crop rotation was an obstacle to increased agricultural productivity.
This, along with a diverse crop and cover crop rotation, seems to discourage the buildup of their populations.
Northern European farmers also began to experiment with the three-field system of crop rotation.
The cotton-flax crop rotation provides producers an alternative crop for traditionally dormant fields.
Cultural practices used in organic gardening include the use of mulches, crop rotation, and common-sense things like simple hygiene.

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