ABSTRACT
No doubt, fertilization and irrigation play the fundamental roles in feeding the world by increasing crop yield. The awareness of enhancing crop-derived feed and diet quality rises due to the widespread incidence of nutrition deficiency in human beings, for example, insufficient protein and minerals. This chapter reviews studies dealing with the effects of fertilization, crop rotation, intercropping, tillage, and irrigation on the contents of protein, oil, minerals, and other crop components related to food and diet quality. In addition, the review will focus on long-term impacts, as the effects of consistent farming practices on feed and diet quality is often temporally gradual and cumulative. Few studies have dealt with the effects of crop rotation on other crop quality parameters, for example, oil and minerals, besides PC. However, additional questions on producing high nutritional feed and diet by optimizing farming practices will need to be addressed with future studies.
