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Farm Design - Design One (Ver 2.2)

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In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we will cover the various permutations and combinations of Long Term Crops (mainly Trees) & Medium Term Crops (again mainly Trees) and their placement at a basic design level. So far, we have covered where the Trees will occupy the spaces in the field.  But now, we will see the different options within the Trees Space as well. I have provided 6 options above and we will discuss them in detail below.  The Options that marked with * can be applied for Long Term Crops & Medium Term Crops as well. Option 1 This option is a very generic option and no specific crops have been mentioned.  The Long Term Crops specifically means that we should only plant crops that are long term in nature and similarly Medium Term Crops specifically means that we should only plant crops that are medium term in nature. The only requirement in this option is that we have to alternate between Long Term Crops & Short Term Crops in ...

Choosing the Right Combination of Crops - Short Term, Medium Term & Long Term Crops

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see how to choose the Right Combination of Crops. In continuation with the filter (criteria) for selecting the crops, we will be covering a very important topic in this blog and it may be a considered a super filter rather than just another filter.  Within this filter, you can ensure that other filters are also taken care of. What is meant by Short Term, Medium Term & Long Term Crops? Short Term Crops - Any crop that has life term of about 1 Yr and less (<= 1 Yr) is considered Short Term Crops For eg, Paddy,  Leafy Green Vegetables, Cereals, Millets etc Medium Term Crops - Any crop that has life term of greater than 1 Yr and less than 5 Yrs  (> 1 Yr & <= 5 Yrs) is considered Medium Term Crops For eg, Sugarcane, Banana, Bamboo, Pappaya etc Long Term Crops - Any crop that has life term of greater than 5 Yrs (> 5 Yrs) is considered Long Term Crops For eg, Mango, Coconut, Teak etc ...