What is the significance of 'crop rotation'? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

What is the significance of 'crop rotation'?
A. It reduces water use
B. It improves market price
C. It increases soil fertility and reduces pest build-up
D. It increases labor requirement
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
Crop rotation breaks pest cycles, improves soil structure, and maintains fertility by alternating deep-rooted and shallow-rooted, leguminous and non-leguminous crops.

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