What is Fallow Land?

Answer: The word “fallow” refers to a soil that has been cultivated and tilled but left unseeded throughout the planting season.

• Fallow is an agricultural method
• The fallow technique of farming has been practised since ancient times
• Fallow is indeed a crop rotation strategy that is commonly utilised

Fallow has the following advantages:

• That soil’s nitrogen concentration rises
• During the agricultural season, moisture obtained as well as accumulated during the fallow period has been utilised
• Weeds are managed during the fallow time

Fallow’s Cons:

• Water as well as wind erosion might occur if soil is exposed
• Modern approaches, however, have minimised the aforesaid risk