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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. crop management
  3. cropping systems
  4. multiple cropping
  5. intercropping
  6. strip cropping
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. crop management
  3. cropping systems
  4. multiple cropping
  5. intercropping
  6. strip cropping
  1. Farms, Agricultural Production Systems
  2. crop management
  3. cropping systems
  4. multiple cropping
  5. intercropping
  6. strip cropping

Preferred term

strip cropping

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The growing of crops in a systematic arrangement of strips or bands which serve as vegetative barriers to wind and water erosion. The strips or bands may run perpendicular to the slope of the land or to the direction of prevailing winds.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • strip-cropping
  • stripcropping
  • strip crops

In other languages

  • cultivo en franjas de nivel

    Spanish

  • cultivo en bandas
  • cultivo en fajas
  • cultivo en franjas
  • cultivo intercalar en terrazas según las curvas de nivel

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/30189

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