Question

explain the following terms (1)crop rotation (2)mixed cropping (3)animal husbandry (4)composite fish farming (5)apiculture

Answer 1

(1)crop rotation:

the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land chiefly to preserve the productive capacity of the soil

(2)mixed cropping:

Mixed Cropping alludes to a method of cropping in which two or more crops are grown simultaneously in the same piece of land.

(3)animal husbandry:

Animal Husbandry is a branch of agriculture concerned with the domestication of, care for and breeding of animals such as dogs, cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs and other like creatures.

(4)composite fish farming:

Composite fish culture is a system in which five or six different species of fishes are grown together in a single fishpond. Fishes with different food habitats are chosen so that they do not compete for food among themselves. For example, catla feed on the surface of water, rohu are middle zone feeders, mrigal and common carp are bottom feeders, and grass carp feed on weeds. This ensures complete utilization of food resources in the pond. Such a system increases the fish yield.

(5)apiculture:

It is the artificial rearing of honey bees or the maintenance of colonies of honey bees by human to obtain honey and other commercially important products