Improvement in food resources long 8

Question 1

What does the value of honey depend on ?

Answer 1

The value or quality of honey depends up on the flowers available to the bees and the kind of flowers available will determine the taste of the honey.

Question 2

What does manure do for soil ?

Answer 2

Manure helps in enriching soil and involves increasing the water holding capacity in sandy soils. In clayey soils, the large quantities of organic matter help in drainage .

Question 3

What are the cons of fertiliser ?

Answer 3

Sometimes fertilizers get washed away due to excessive irrigation and then leads to water pollution. Continuous use of fertilizers destroy soil fertility as soil is not replenished.