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Factors affecting Crop Rotation
What is Factor??????
• A factor, a Latin word meaning
'who/which acts'
• A phenomenon presumed to affect an
experiment is called as Factor.
Crop Rotation
Sowing of crop in a regular order on a same
land for a fix period keeping in view that
the fertility of soil may not be adversely
affected is known as crop rotation.
Factors
• Natural environmental condition
Precipitation
Temperature
• Soil type
• Weeds
• Availability of fertilizer
• Availability of labour
• Irrigation facility
• Situation of farm
• Size of farm
• Type of farming
• Market price
• Insect, pest and diseases
• Economic condition of Farmer
Natural Environmental conditions
Natural Environmental conditions affect the crop
rotation by different ways
• Precipitation
We should consider the annual rain fall
of a region during the different crop
rotations.
Temperature
In the High temperature region we should
keep the heat tolerant crop in our crop
rotation.
Type of Soil
While setting a Rotation the nature of the
soil whether it is fertile or poor should be
kept in mind. Such as
• Fertile soils
• Medium soil
• Poor soils
Weeds
• Different type of weeds
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present in a region also
affect the crop rotation.
We follow the different
rotation to control different
types of the weeds and
enhance our yield.
For example Barseemlucern
Khabal Grass controled
by cotton
Availability of the fertilizer
• Availability of the fertilizer affect in such a
way that if the fertilizer are available
easily at cheaper rates the duration of the
rotation will be less and vice versa
• Available on sowing
Availability of the Labor
• While setting rotation the type of manual
labor , power and its availability for
working the different operation affect the
crop rotation.
• Enhances farm utilization
• Is available at sowing
Irrigation Facilities
• The type of the crop in rotation will be
different in irrigation conditions as
compared in arid conditions.
• Irrigated Region
Wheat-rice , wheat-cotton ,
Wheat-Cotton-Fallow-Wheat
• Arid Region
Wheat-sarsoon , Wheat-Groundnut
Wheat-Fallow-Wheat
Situation of the Farm
• The type of crop and rotation will afected
when the farm is present near the city as
compared to the countryside.
• If our farm near the city then we should
grow the Vegetables and fodder to get
more profit in market
Size of the Farm
• On small farm rotation will be different in
comparison to the big farms.
Type Of Farming
• The nature of the farming effect the
rotation in such a way that the crops in
vegetable farming will be different as
compared to the arable farming
• Arable farming is to growing crops
• In vegetable farming grow vegetables
such as
Raddish/carrot-Pumpkin/Ladyfinger
Market Price
• Market price also affect the crop rotation
because when the demand of one crop is
reduced the we should grown the crop of
high demand.
• The crop having the high market price
must grow on max. area vice versa
Insect , Pest & diseases
• Insect pest also affect the crop rotation
because when we repeat the same
rotation on same area the the attack of
insect pest increasing gradually.
• Cotton Jassid damage the cotton when we
rotate the cotton continuously
• If one crop destroy due to any disease
then farmer get profit from the other crop
Economic Condition of the Labor
• When farmer is strong economically
• When farmer is not strong economically