monocropping

Croatian translation: uzgoj monokultura

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English term or phrase:monocropping
Croatian translation:uzgoj monokultura
Entered by: John Farebrother

11:51 May 24, 2011
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Social Sciences - Agriculture
English term or phrase: monocropping
Monocropping is the high-yield agricultural practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land, in the absence rotation through other crops. Maize (corn), soybeans and wheat are three common crops often grown using monocropping techniques.

While economically a very efficient system, allowing for specialization in equipment and crop production, monocropping is also controversial, as it can damage the soil ecology (including depletion or reduction in diversity of soil nutrients) and provide an unbuffered niche for parasitic species, increasing crop vulnerability to opportunistic insects, plants, and microorganisms. The result is a more fragile ecosystem with an increased dependency on pesticides and artificial fertilizers. The concentrated presence of a single cultivar, genetically adapted with a single resistance strategy, presents a situation in which an entire crop can be wiped out very quickly by a single opportunistic species. An example of this would be the potato famine of Ireland in 1845–1849, and according to Devlin Kuyek is the main cause of the current food crisis with monoculture rice crops failing as the effects of climate change become more acute.
John Farebrother
United Kingdom
uzgoj monokultura
Explanation:
http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monokultura
Monokultura (iz starogrčkog. mono - sam, jedini, i lat.: cultura- poljoprivreda) je oblik poljoprivrednog ili šumarskog korištenja zemljišta. Označava i uzgoj samo određene vrste biljke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoculture
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uzgoj monokultura


Explanation:
http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monokultura
Monokultura (iz starogrčkog. mono - sam, jedini, i lat.: cultura- poljoprivreda) je oblik poljoprivrednog ili šumarskog korištenja zemljišta. Označava i uzgoj samo određene vrste biljke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoculture

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