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A piece of land that is normally used fo
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A piece of land that is normally used for farming but is left uncultivated for a while so that the soil recovers fertility is called _________.
A
Barren
B
Fellow
C
Fallow
D
Field
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Correct option is C)
Fallow land is the land that a farmer plows but does not cultivate for one or more seasons to allow the field to become more fertile again.
The practice of leaving fields fallow dates back to ancient times when farmers realized that using soil over and over again depleted its nutrients.
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