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Irish Potato Famine. The Irish focused only on one type of potato, so when blight hit, all their resources were gone and the people died or immigrated to other countries including America.

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What is the farming method called monoculture?

Monoculture means growing only one type of crop, such as, for example, planting only corn and nothing else.


The production of one crop is referred to as what?

Monoculture.


What is a monoculture farm?

A monoculture farm is a farming system where only one type of crop is grown across a large area. This type of farming can lead to problems such as soil depletion, increased susceptibility to pests and diseases, and negative impacts on biodiversity.


Would a monoculture forest have more wildlife than one with biodiversity?

No.


What is the growing of one type of crop on a large area of land is known as?

Monoculture.


What is global monoculture?

Global monoculture is the movement of the entire earth to becoming a single culture. This is likely a Westernized culture.


Cultivation of a single crop?

Monoculture


Is a Christmas tree farm monoculture?

Definition of monoculture from Answers.com # The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country. # A single, homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension. So you would have to say that if a Christmas tree farm exclusively grew the trees, it is a monoculture. If they were mixed with other plantings, that would be different.


What is a farm that grows one kind of crop for profit?

A monoculture is a farm growing one kind of crop. See the related link for details.


What is biodiversity of weeds?

Since most modern agricultural techniques require a monoculture, anything that is not the crop is called a weed. Biodiverse is the opposite of a monoculture.


What is the relationship between diversity and monoculture?

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What is the antonym for monoculture?

polyculture permaculture

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