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It emphasizes the importance of early land preparation, which should commence soon after harvesting the preceding crop. The document outlines the key reasons for early preparation, including the ease of tilling, promotion of decomposition of crop residues to enhance soil fertility, and enabling timely planting with the first rains. Essential activities involved in land preparation are detailed, encompassing site selection, clearing the land, ploughing, and ridging, including making box ridges. This educational material is made available through the initiative 'Jump-Starting Digital Learning in Malawi' by Knowledge and Information for Successful Society, aiming to provide continuous learning opportunities, especially for rural learners, during times of disaster or pandemic, by simulating a real-life classroom environment. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, allowing for commercial use, adaptation, and extension, provided the original copyright and credits are maintained.","Agriculture for Standard Six-Unit 12  \nLAND PREPARATION FOR GROUNDNUTS AND CASSAVA  \nEnglish Agriculture  \nAgriculture for Standard Six-Unit 12  \nLAND PREPARATION FOR GROUNDNUTS AND CASSAVA  \nEnglish  \nZomba, Southern , Malawi  \nCopyright © 2025, Knowledge & Information for Successful Society  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors , illustrators , etc.  \nMeaning of Land Preparation for Groudnuts and Cassava  \nLand preparation for growing field crops such as groundnuts and cassava should be done soon after harvesting the preceding crop.  \nThis is what is known by early land preparation.  \nREASONS FOR EARLY LAND PREPARATION  \nIt is easy to till the ground It promotes the decomposition of crop residues which improves soil fertility It enables the farmer to plant with the first rains  \nACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN LAND PREPARATION  \nSite selection Clearing land Ploughing the land Ridging  \nMaking box ridges.  \nThis book is made available courtesy of ‘Jump-Starting Digital Learning in Malawi’, an initiative by Knowledge and Information for Successful Society. The aim is to facilitate continued learning in the event of perennial disasters and pandemics Malawi has been experiencing over the past years. 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