Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of soil & water
Crop Rotations
Prepared by: Supervised by:
Balqees D. Sarwar M.
Rasho Rasheed
Headlines
Crop rotations
Historical Use
Benefits
Characteristics of Sustainable Crop
Rotations
Impacts on Soil Quality
Using Cover Crops in Crop Rotations
Principle of Crop Rotation
Monoculture
Problems associated with Monoculture
Examples of Crop Rotation Wisdom
Crop rotations
Crop rotation is the practice of growing a
series of different types of crops in the same
area in sequential seasons. Crop rotation is
beneficial both to the environment and to the
farmer.
Rotation is a planned
succession of crops
(cash and cover)
chosen to sustain a
farms economic
and environmental
health
Historical Use of Crop Rotations
Are Well Documented
Ancient Roman, African, and
Asian Cultures.
Middle Ages in Europe.
Farmers in Egypt rotated
their crop.
Benefits
Increase Nutrients
Increase Organic matter
Pest & Disease Control
Reduce Erosion & Runoff
Improve soil structure
Wheat after Break crop vs
Reduced Greenhouse Gas
Emissions Wheat after Wheat
Optimum use of land
Diversifying farm income.
Improved water use efficiency
Characteristics of Sustainable
Crop Rotations
Include a diversity of crops/vegetative
types.
properties resulting from organic and low-input farming practices. Agronomy Journal.
90:662-671.
Flint, M.L. and P.A. Roberts. 1988. Using crop diversity to manage pest problems: