{"id":351,"date":"2023-06-11T21:51:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=351"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:16:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:46:37","slug":"q-what-is-are-the-advantage-advantages-of-zero-tillage-in-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-what-is-are-the-advantage-advantages-of-zero-tillage-in-agriculture","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0What is\/are the advantage\/advantages of zero tillage in agriculture?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sowing of wheat is possible without burning the residue of the previous crop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Without the need for the nursery of rice saplings, direct planting of paddy seeds in the wet soil is possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carbon sequestration in the soil is possible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tillage is an agricultural land preparation through mechanical agitation which includes digging, stirring, and overturning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zero-till farming is a way of<strong>&nbsp;growing wheat crops without tillage<\/strong>\u00a0or disturbing the soil in harvested fields.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zero tillage (ZT) also called No-Tillage or Nil Tillage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Happy Seeder is one of the unique techniques<\/strong>&nbsp;which is used for sowing seed&nbsp;<strong>without any burning of crop residue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zero tillage not only&nbsp;<strong>reduces the cost of cultivation&nbsp;<\/strong>it also reduces soil erosion, crop duration, and irrigation requirement, and weed effect which is better than tillage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct Seeded Rice Zero-Tillage (DSR) is an alternative crop establishment method for rice. 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