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Soil Resources — Geography STD 10 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10GeographySoil Resources2 Marks
Question
What is strip cropping?
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Answer

(i) Strip cropping is a practice of growing field crops in narrow strips generally at right angles to the direction of the prevailing wind to reduce soil erosion.
(ii) This helps in controlling erosion as crops obstruct flow of water and wind.

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