what are the advantages and disadvantages of mono-cropping (agriculture)?

Answer 1

Advantages -
-- treat the whole area the same (same fertilizer, pest control, etc.)
-- fewer kinds of equipment needed

Disadvantages -
-- Diseases and pests spread quickly
-- If that kind of crop doesn't do well in that year's conditions, you are going to lose out. You don't have something else that might be doing well.

Answer 2

Ecologically, really none. Different types of crops use different nutrients in the soil. If a single crop is grown year after year, the soil becomes useless. If crops are rotated nutrients have a chance to be replenished.

Economically, mono-cropping is a great benefit. The history of agriculture is a history of regions dominated by one crop. (cotton in the South, grain in the Midwest, sugar in the Caribbean) This occurs becuse gearing an economy towards a single crop is much easier and less expensive (less equipment and supplies) and can produce much more. More crops an area produces the more money it can make from them (duh) and the more control his has over the market of that crop.

Answer 3

Monocrop Agriculture

Answer 4

advantages; it cost less money

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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