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Fallow System

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Fallow System 

in grain cultivation, an extensive system using a crop rotation in which one or two fields lie in clean fallow. The fallow system is the principal means of restoring and raising soil fertility when most of the arable land is under grain cultivation.



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It encompasses principle of some ancient practices, including the shifting cultivation and the bush fallow systems.
004 Koutika LS, Sanginga N, Vanlauwe B, Weise S (2002) Chemical properties and soil organic matter assessment in fallow systems in the forest margins benchmark.
One of the most interesting features of the improved fallow system is that it allows for forms of R&D that farmers can do on their own.
 
 
 
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