crop rotation

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

rotation of crops

shift of crops

alternate cropping

rotational cropping

convertible husbandry

cropping sequences

alternation of culture

shift agriculture

Translations

rotation des cultures

αμειψισπορά

rotation culturale

wisselbouw

دورة زراعية

coltivazione alternata

Fruchtwechselwirtschaft

الدورة الزراعية

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