Field crop management
Land Practice
In this context, field crops include both dryland and irrigated crops such as cereals, grains, forage, oilseed, sugar, fibre and pulses. Management activities associated with field crop production can have serious on and offsite effects on productive capacity of the land and ecological and landscape processes.
Crop management may involve the management activities of:
- Crop Harvesting
- Fertiliser application
- Irrigation with fresh water
- Pest animal control
- Pesticide application
- Soil tillage
- Stubble management
Last updated 7 September 2010
