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D-crop-rotation Dictionary

Crop Rotation

Growing different crops in sequence on the same land to protect soil and break pest cycles

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Plain meaning
Growing different crops in sequence on the same land to protect soil and break pest cycles
How to use it
Plan a rotation, such as maize then soya, to cut fertiliser and pest costs.
South African benchmark
Maize-soya rotation is standard on the South African Highveld (Article 8).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
C9 Lesson 9.6
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A139, LIB-P-Soybean, LIB-P-Sunflower
See also
Conservation agriculture, Inoculant
Oilseeds: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedOilseeds: how the business runsSold bytonnes (t) per hectare1Plant2Grow3Harvest4Deliver to crusher5Oil and oilcakeZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Oilseeds Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M3 Oilseeds.