Farming System blog

 Disservice of organic farming ; low production ; poor growth ; risk of pest of diseases ; organic substance take time to release nutrients 

 The superiority of organic farming 1 Natural product are healthier 2 No poison on food production 3 Animal enjoy high level of welfare 4 No pollution e.g. air, water and soil 5 It improves soil structure

 The negative effect of mixed farming applying fertilizer to individual crop is difficult applying pesticide to individual crop is difficult harvesting and threshing of crops separately are not possible 

 Positive effects of mixed farming  it reduces risk manure from animals can be used as fertilizer crop remain used as animal feed animals can be used to plough the field variety of product can be obtained

Disadvantages of crop rotation 1 farmer will struggle to gain knowledge and skill  2 Expensive as farmer will be required to different tools every year

 The advantages of using crop rotation 1 control pest and diseases  2 maximize soil nutrient with alternated roots 3 it provides legume and nitrogen to the soil  4 different root system improve soil structure 

  The positive and negative effect of monoculture Positive effects ; farmers can specialize in a certain crop skill and knowledge ; same tools are used Negative effects ; need to fertilizer more ; it encourages weed growth  

 The meaning of different crop farming system 1 Monoculture_ refers to the same types of crops that are planted in the same year after year. 2 Crop rotation_ means when planting different crops in the same field area by changing crops each season. 3 Fixed farming_ involves farming with crops and animals on the same piece of land. 4 Organic farming_ is the farming that does not involves any kind of chemicals.

  Crop farming system is the way farmers farming with crop using different system Examples : Monoculture : Crop rotation : mixed farming : organic farming

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