monocrop
One crop only
Monocrop refers to the agricultural practice of growing a single crop species on a piece of land, typically year after year.
The term appears as both noun and verb: The farm monocrops soybeans or Corn monocrop depletes the soil.
Monocropping maximizes short-term efficiency but can exhaust nutrients, increase pest vulnerability, and reduce biodiversity.
The practice dominates industrial agriculture.
Cereal grown on cobs
- soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- riceStaple cereal grain
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
sugarcane · sorghum · canola · plantation · harvest · sowing · tilling · acreage
State of sameness throughout
- samenessState of being identical
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- undiversifiedConcentrated in one area
- identicalExactly the same
monolithic · repetitive · unvarying · conformity · standardized · monotony
Converting to machine operation
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- profitabilityCapacity to generate gain
biotechnology · optimization · productivity · irrigation · fertilization · herbicides · pesticides · harvesting
Land becoming barren, infertile
- salinizationIncreasing salt concentration
- overfarmingExhausting land through excess
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
corn
Cereal grown on cobs
cotton · sugarcane · sorghum · canola · plantation · harvest · sowing · tilling · acreage · combine
homogeneity
State of sameness throughout
- samenessState of being identical
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- undiversifiedConcentrated in one area
identical · monolithic · repetitive · unvarying · conformity · standardized · monotony
mechanization
Converting to machine operation
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- yieldProduce or relinquish
profitability · biotechnology · optimization · productivity · irrigation · fertilization · herbicides · pesticides · harvesting · agronomy
desertification
Land becoming barren, infertile
- salinizationIncreasing salt concentration
- overfarmingExhausting land through excess
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
monocroppolyculture
Multi-species crop system
intercropping · permaculture · agroforestry · companion planting · crop rotation