Types of Farming on Ecological System and Thier Effects

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Table Of Contents

  1. What is farming?
  2. Types of farming on ecological system.
  3. Mono cropping
  4. Continuous cropping
  5. Shifting cultivation
  6. Crop rotation
  7. Mixed farming

WHAT IS FARMING

Farming: Farming is the practice of cultivating land, raising crops, and/or breeding animals for food, fiber, or other products. It involves various activities like planting, watering, harvesting, and managing livestock.

TYPES OF FARMING

MONO CROPPING: Mono cropping is a system of Farming in which one crop is cultivated every year.

EFFECTS OF MONO CROPPING

  1. Mono cropping provide abundant food for pests of the vastly cultivated crop.
  2. It greatly increases the population of pests.
  3. mono cropping therefore increases the menace of the pests.
  4. Such pests reduce the food and population of other animals
  5. mono cropping depletes the soil of its nutrients.

CONTINUOUS CROPPING: It is the repeated and continuous cultivation of crops in one area of land.

EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS CROPPING

  1. Continuous cropping reduces the mineral/nutrient content of the soil.
  2. Continuous cropping ensures the multiplication of pests and parasites.
  3. It ensures the spread or multiplication of germs.
  4. It results in yield of crops.

SHIFTING CULTIVATION: Shifting cultivation involves the cultivation of a piece of land for one or two years after which it is abandoned for another.

EFFECTS OF SHIFTING CULTIVATION

  1. Shifting cultivation wastes valuable lands.
  2. It destroy valuable plants and animals in the area
  3. It depletes the mineral nutrient of the soil.
  4. Shifting cultivation decreases the activities of useful Micro-organisms.

CROP ROTATION: Crop rotation is define as a system or types of farming whereby different crops are grown on the same piece of land year after year in a definite manner so as to maintain the fertility of the soil.

EFFECTS OF CROP ROTATION

  • Crop rotation adds nutrients to the soil through the incorporation of leguminous crops in the rotation.
  • Crop rotation maximizes the use of available land.
  • crop rotation controls the growth of weeds.
  • Crop rotation helps to control pests associated with soil.
  • It also helps to control diseases.
  • Crop rotation control erosion.

MIXED FARMING: Mixed farming is one of the types of farming in which the Farmer cultivate his crops and rears animals on the same piece of land.

Before you finish reading this article, my next post is on Effects of Agricultural Activities on Ecological system

EFFECTS OF MIXED FARMING

  • Mixed farming adds nutrients to the soil through Dom’s produced by animals.
  • It can cause pollution of the environment from the odour of animal dung.
  • Mixed farming maximizes the use of available land.
  • Pests may be built up in the land.
  • Diseases may also build up in the land.
  • Cultivated crops may be eaten up by animals.

Conclusion On The Types Of Farming

Sustainable farming practices are essential for safeguarding ecological integrity, ensuring food security, and mitigating climate change. By adopting this types of farming, farmers can promote environmental sustainability while meeting the growing demand for food and fiber.

Revision Questions

  1. What is farming?
  2. List and explain 5 types of farming
  3. State the effects of crop rotation
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