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# Introduction

Yield farming is becoming increasingly popular among investors in Decentralised Finance (DeFi). When done right, yield farming can generate exceptional profits, but there are also associated risks. Let’s dive a little deeper and see what yield farming is all about.

Yield farming is the investment in cryptocurrencies or tokens via decentralized apps (DApps) as 🍁[**MapleDeFi**](https://mapledefi.finance/)🍁 yield farm platform to maximize profits. A proficient yield farmer can not only gain profit from price appreciation in their holdings, but also from yield generated by these holdings.

By locking assets in liquidity pools such as the ones found on🍁 [**MapleDeFi**](https://mapledefi.finance/) 🍁, investors can generate passive income.

The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) of a liquidity pool generally gives a good indication how much trading fees can be earned in a pool. However, note that these rates are not fixed, and change daily based on historical trading data from the pool.