Practices that arrange more than one crop, or the same crop and a fallow, across a field in space or in time, including agroforestry, crop rotation, intercropping and the historic three-field system. Belongs here: any practice defined by which crops share a field and in what sequence or arrangement, whether the goal is fertility, pest suppression, yield or resilience. Does not belong here: a single practice aimed at the soil itself independent of what is planted, grouped under Soil and Water Conservation Practices.
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1. Wikipedia: Crop rotation
WikipediaCrop rotation, lead section, purpose sentenceQuote, Crop rotation, lead section, purpose sentence
reduces the reliance of crops on one set of nutrients, pest and weed pressure, along with the probability of developing resistant pests and weeds
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