Paper 2 · Farming Systems
Crop rotation is best described as the practice of
Aplanting two or more crops together in the same field in one season
Bgrowing different crops on the same piece of land in a planned sequence
Cresting a piece of land for several seasons before it is cropped again
Dgrowing one crop on a piece of land season after season until it fails
Explanation: In a rotation each field carries a different crop each season in a set order, usually a cereal following a legume. Crops differ in rooting depth and in what they take out of the soil, and pests and diseases tied to one crop lose their host, so the break itself is what protects the land.
Derived from ZIMSEC Agriculture 5034/2 Paper 2, November 2013, Q1