Question

Why ploughing and tilling is important

Answer 1

The plough represents one of the major agricultural inventions in human history. The primary purpose of ploughing is to turn over the upper layer of the soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface, while burying weeds and the remains of previous crops and allowing them to break down.

Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning. Examples of human-powered tilling methods using hand tools include shovelling, picking, mattock work, hoeing, and raking.

Answer 2

It is important because:

#1   It helps roots to penetrate deep into the soil.

#2  Makes soil porous due to which exchange of gases becomes easy.

#3  Increases the friendly microbes in soil

#4  Further loosens the soil and add humus to it.