Question

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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