We are trying to evaluate crop rotations for the risks associated with soil erosion and pesticide pollution in a farming system. Soil erosion and pesticide-free pest management are major environmental concerns in modern agriculture. Indiscriminate land use promotes erosion that leads to severe problems in the future. Crop rotation is one of the several approaches to contain erosion losses.
Pests cause immense losses to our crops.
An ideal pest management plan should be environmentally sound. Crop rotation also serves as a good management practice for many pests. However all crop rotations are not ideal. Infact some of them could have negative impacts on the environment. The pesticide pollution risk of a crop rotation is evaluated based on suitability of the rotation as a pest management practice on evaluating criteria like possible pest outbreaks in a rotation, the available control options and the environmental risks associated with these control options.