Industrial monoculture is often leading to the depletion of soil life and quality as a result of intensive tilling. New advanced techniques such as no-till and strip-till farming allow to restore soil fertility in the long run. No-till farming increases soil water, soil organic matter and decreases soil erosion. In strip till the farmer tills only the portion of the soil that will contain the seed row. Islam et al. studied no-till strip farming of maize-soybeans rotations. They observed a 75% increase of maize yield, amounting to 18.4 tons per hectare, after 5 year of cultivation.
