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Write the advantages of manure over fertilizers.

Important Questions on Food Production and Management

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Write two examples of natural fertilizers.
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Fertilizers and pesticides are harmful to soil as they kill the microorganisms involved in recycling of nutrients.

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Define manure. What are the advantages of manure?
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Differentiate between chemical and natural fertilizers.
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Differentiate between the following:
Compost and fertilizers.
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Which crop is generally grown between two cereal crops in crop rotation to restore the fertility of soil?
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Write two examples of chemical fertilizers.
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Explain how fertilizers are different from manure.
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Differentiate between the following:
Compost and green manure.
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Explain how soil gets affected by the repeated growing of crops in the same fields. How does use of fertilizers help the farmers?
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Differentiate between mixed cultivation and crop rotation.
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Give the advantages and disadvantages of using chemical fertilizers for the cultivation of crop.
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What is a fertilizer? Name any two fertilizers. State two harmful effects caused by the excessive use of fertilizers.
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Which of the following is a chemical fertilizer?
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Name the process in which red worms are used to turn waste into compost.
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Name the two types of substances which are added to the fields by the farmers to maintain the fertility of soil.
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Which one has a role to play in the percolation of water into the deeper layers?
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Explain how soil gets affected by the continuous plantation of crops in a field.
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Give any four differences between manure and fertilizers
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How do earthworms help the farmers?