Question

A system of rotating crops with legume or grass pasture to improve soil structure and fertility is called

(a) strip farming

(b) shifting agriculture

(c) ley farming

(d) contour farming.

Answer 1

Ans. (c) ley farming

Sol: Ley farming is an agricultural system where the field is alternately seeded for grain and left fallow for growing hay or used for pasture. During the fallow/pasture period the soil is filled with roots of grasses and other plants. New ploughing mixes them in the soil and also increases the amount of nitrogen in the soil especially when legume forage are used. It also protects soil from erosion by maintaining constant soil coverage.