Land Rotation

This is a system of farming in which a farmer cultivates a piece of land for sometime and leaves it to clear a new land when the old land becomes less fertile. The farmer moves to the new land without moving his settlement.

Advantages

• The land regains lost nutrients after a fallow period (free period to regain fertility)

• It helps check the spread pests and diseases are reduced because the land is left for long time

Disadvantages

• This farming system needs a lot of time and work.

• Virgin forest is destroyed

• It does not encourage large scale farming.