verb
- to cultivate (land) excessively, depleting its fertility or productivity
Usage: agricultural term
Examples
- The farmer overcrops his fields every season without letting them rest.
- Continuous planting without rotation overcrops the soil.
- If you overcrop the land, it will lose its nutrients.
- The region’s agricultural problems stem from decades of overcropping.
- Sustainable farming practices prevent overcropping of valuable farmland.
- Many developing nations overcrop their limited arable land out of necessity.