Factors affecting Crop Rotation What is Factor?????? A factor, a Latin word meaning A factor, a Latin word meaning 'who/which acts' 'who/which acts'

Factors affecting Crop Factors affecting Crop RotationRotation

What is Factor??????What is Factor??????

• A A factorfactor, a Latin word meaning , a Latin word meaning

'who/which acts' 'who/which acts'

• A phenomenon presumed to affect an A phenomenon presumed to affect an experiment is called as Factor.experiment is called as Factor.

Crop RotationCrop Rotation

Sowing of crop in a regular order on a Sowing of crop in a regular order on a same land for a fix period keeping in same land for a fix period keeping in view that the fertility of soil may not view that the fertility of soil may not be adversely affected is known as be adversely affected is known as crop rotation.crop rotation.

FactorsFactors

• Natural environmental conditionNatural environmental condition PrecipitationPrecipitation TemperatureTemperature• Soil typeSoil type• WeedsWeeds• Availability of fertilizerAvailability of fertilizer

• Availability of labourAvailability of labour• Irrigation facilityIrrigation facility• Situation of farmSituation of farm• Size of farmSize of farm• Type of farmingType of farming• Market priceMarket price• Insect, pest and diseasesInsect, pest and diseases• Economic condition of FarmerEconomic condition of Farmer

Natural Environmental Natural Environmental conditionsconditionsNatural Environmental conditions affect the Natural Environmental conditions affect the

crop rotation by different wayscrop rotation by different ways

• Precipitation Precipitation

We should consider the annual rain We should consider the annual rain fall of a region during the different fall of a region during the different crop rotations.crop rotations.

TemperatureTemperature

In the High temperature region we In the High temperature region we should keep the heat tolerant crop should keep the heat tolerant crop in our crop rotation.in our crop rotation.

Type of SoilType of Soil

While setting a Rotation the nature of While setting a Rotation the nature of the soil whether it is fertile or poor the soil whether it is fertile or poor should be kept in mind. Such asshould be kept in mind. Such as

• Fertile soilsFertile soils

• Medium soilMedium soil

• Poor soilsPoor soils

WeedsWeeds• Different type of weeds Different type of weeds

present in a region also present in a region also affect the crop rotation.affect the crop rotation.

• We follow the different We follow the different rotation to control different rotation to control different types of the weeds and types of the weeds and enhance our yield.enhance our yield.

• For example Barseem- For example Barseem- lucern lucern

Khabal Grass controled Khabal Grass controled by cotton by cotton

Availability of the Availability of the fertilizerfertilizer

• Availability of the fertilizer affect in such Availability of the fertilizer affect in such a way that if the fertilizer are available a way that if the fertilizer are available easily at cheaper rates the duration of easily at cheaper rates the duration of the rotation will be less and vice versathe rotation will be less and vice versa

• Available on sowingAvailable on sowing

Availability of the Availability of the LaborLabor• While setting rotation the type of While setting rotation the type of

manual labor , power and its manual labor , power and its availability for working the different availability for working the different operation affect the crop rotation.operation affect the crop rotation.

• Enhances farm utilizationEnhances farm utilization

• Is available at sowingIs available at sowing

Irrigation FacilitiesIrrigation Facilities

• The type of the crop in rotation will The type of the crop in rotation will be different in irrigation conditions as be different in irrigation conditions as compared in arid conditions.compared in arid conditions.

• Irrigated RegionIrrigated Region

Wheat-rice , wheat-cotton ,Wheat-rice , wheat-cotton ,

Wheat-Cotton-Fallow-WheatWheat-Cotton-Fallow-Wheat

• Arid RegionArid Region

Wheat-sarsoon , Wheat-GroundnutWheat-sarsoon , Wheat-Groundnut

Wheat-Fallow-WheatWheat-Fallow-Wheat

Situation of the FarmSituation of the Farm

• The type of crop and rotation will The type of crop and rotation will afected when the farm is present afected when the farm is present near the city as compared to the near the city as compared to the countryside.countryside.

• If our farm near the city then we If our farm near the city then we should grow the Vegetables and should grow the Vegetables and fodder to get more profit in marketfodder to get more profit in market

Size of the FarmSize of the Farm

• On small farm rotation will be different On small farm rotation will be different in comparison to the big farms.in comparison to the big farms.

Type Of FarmingType Of Farming

• The nature of the farming effect the The nature of the farming effect the rotation in such a way that the crops rotation in such a way that the crops in vegetable farming will be different in vegetable farming will be different as compared to the arable farmingas compared to the arable farming

• Arable farming is to growing cropsArable farming is to growing crops

• In vegetable farming grow vegetables In vegetable farming grow vegetables such as such as

Raddish/carrot-Pumpkin/LadyfingerRaddish/carrot-Pumpkin/Ladyfinger

Market PriceMarket Price

• Market price also affect the crop rotation Market price also affect the crop rotation because when the demand of one crop is because when the demand of one crop is reduced the we should grown the crop of reduced the we should grown the crop of high demand.high demand.

• The crop having the high market price must The crop having the high market price must grow on max. area vice versagrow on max. area vice versa

Insect , Pest & Insect , Pest & diseasesdiseases

• Insect pest also affect the crop rotation because Insect pest also affect the crop rotation because when we repeat the same rotation on same area when we repeat the same rotation on same area the the attack of insect pest increasing gradually.the the attack of insect pest increasing gradually.

• Cotton Jassid damage the cotton when we Cotton Jassid damage the cotton when we rotate the cotton continuouslyrotate the cotton continuously

• If one crop destroy due to any disease then If one crop destroy due to any disease then farmer get profit from the other cropfarmer get profit from the other crop

Economic Condition of Economic Condition of the Laborthe Labor

• When farmer is strong economicallyWhen farmer is strong economically

• When farmer is not strong economicallyWhen farmer is not strong economically