Land Preparation and Soil Tillage
Agricultural Science · 50 practice questions
Principles and practices of land preparation and soil tillage; factors affecting choice of tillage method (zero tillage, minimum tillage).
- Compare methods of land preparation and soil tillage in relation to different crop groups and state their advantages/disadvantages.
- Give reasons for the choice of tillage methods.
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- Practice question 1
Manual land preparation tools such as the cutlass and hoe are mainly suited to
- A.very large mechanized commercial plantations exclusively
- B.operations requiring no human labour input
- C.farms with unlimited access to modern tractors
- D.small-scale farms with limited access to machinery
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D. small-scale farms with limited access to machinery
Hand tools remain practical mainly where machinery access is limited.
- Practice question 2
Deeper tillage generally mainly benefits root and tuber crops by
- A.compacting the soil more tightly around developing tubers
- B.having no bearing on the development of underground storage organs
- C.eliminating the need for the crop to develop any root system
- D.loosening the soil to allow easier expansion of underground storage organs
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D. loosening the soil to allow easier expansion of underground storage organs
Loosened, deeper soil gives expanding tubers and roots more room to develop.
- Practice question 3
Minimum tillage mainly aims to
- A.maximize soil disturbance for the best seedbed
- B.reduce soil disturbance while still preparing an adequate seedbed
- C.eliminate any need for a seedbed at all
- D.increase the cost of land preparation unnecessarily
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B. reduce soil disturbance while still preparing an adequate seedbed
Minimum tillage balances reduced disturbance with adequate seedbed prep.
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