🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

sistema de cultivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sisˈtema de kulˈtibo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cropping system/ˈkrɒp.ɪŋ ˈsɪs.təm/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El sistema de cultivo incluye la rotación de parcelas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The-type and sequence of crops grown on a particular piece of land over a specific period, including the management practices used to grow them.

    "A sustainable cropping system helps improve soil fertility and reduces the risk of pest outbreaks."
  2. 2

    The organizational structure and methodology of agricultural production applied by a farm or region.

    "Transitioning to an intensive cropping system requires careful management of water resources."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'crop', derived from Old English 'cropp' meaning the head of a plant or harvest, and 'system', originating from the Late Latin 'systema' and Greek 'systēma' meaning an organized whole. Together, the compound emerged in modern agricultural science during the 20th century to describe the integrated pattern of growing crops in a given area over time.

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