Difference between mixed farming and mixed cropping
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Mixed farming
It is the combining of two independent agricultural enterprises on the same farm.
Mixed farming is the combining of two independent agricultural enterprises on the same farm. A typical case of mixed farming is the combination of crop enterprise with dairy farming or in more general terms, crop cultivation with livestock farming. Mixed farming may be treated as a special case of diversified farming. This particular combination of enterprises, support each other and add to the farmer’s profitability.

Advantages of Mixed farming:
Farmers can keep their fields under continuous production.It enhances the productivity the farm landIt increases the per capita profitabilityBoth farmings compliment each other.
Inter Cropping
Cropping two are more crops within each other is called inter cropping.
It is particularly important not to have crops competing with each other for physical space, nutrients, water, or sunlight. Examples of intercropping strategies are planting a deep-rooted crop with a shallow-rooted crop, or planting a tall crop with a shorter crop that requires partial shade.
Advantage of Intercropping
1. Intercropping gives additional yield income/unit area than sole cropping.
2. It acts as an insurance against failure of crops in abnormal year.
3. Inter-crops maintain the soil fertility as the nutrient uptake is made from both layers of soil.
4. Reduction in soil runoff and controls weeds.
5. Intercrops provide shade and support to the other crop.
6. Inter cropping system utilizes resources efficiently and their productivity is increased.
7. Intercropping with cash crops is higher profitable.
8. It helps to avoid inter-crop competition and thus a higher number of crop plants are grown per unit area.
Disadvantages of intercropping:
1. Yield decreases as the crops differ in their competitive abilities.
2. Management of intercropping is difficult because different cultural practices need for different crops.
3. Improved implements cannot be used efficiently.
4. Higher amount of fertilizer or irrigation water cannot be utilized properly as the component crops vary in their response of these resources.
5. Harvesting is difficult.
So mixed cropping is going simultaneously two cropping systems in the farm while intercropping is two crops in the same farm at same time.
It is the combining of two independent agricultural enterprises on the same farm.
Mixed farming is the combining of two independent agricultural enterprises on the same farm. A typical case of mixed farming is the combination of crop enterprise with dairy farming or in more general terms, crop cultivation with livestock farming. Mixed farming may be treated as a special case of diversified farming. This particular combination of enterprises, support each other and add to the farmer’s profitability.

Advantages of Mixed farming:
Farmers can keep their fields under continuous production.It enhances the productivity the farm landIt increases the per capita profitabilityBoth farmings compliment each other.
Inter Cropping
Cropping two are more crops within each other is called inter cropping.
It is particularly important not to have crops competing with each other for physical space, nutrients, water, or sunlight. Examples of intercropping strategies are planting a deep-rooted crop with a shallow-rooted crop, or planting a tall crop with a shorter crop that requires partial shade.
Advantage of Intercropping
1. Intercropping gives additional yield income/unit area than sole cropping.
2. It acts as an insurance against failure of crops in abnormal year.
3. Inter-crops maintain the soil fertility as the nutrient uptake is made from both layers of soil.
4. Reduction in soil runoff and controls weeds.
5. Intercrops provide shade and support to the other crop.
6. Inter cropping system utilizes resources efficiently and their productivity is increased.
7. Intercropping with cash crops is higher profitable.
8. It helps to avoid inter-crop competition and thus a higher number of crop plants are grown per unit area.
Disadvantages of intercropping:
1. Yield decreases as the crops differ in their competitive abilities.
2. Management of intercropping is difficult because different cultural practices need for different crops.
3. Improved implements cannot be used efficiently.
4. Higher amount of fertilizer or irrigation water cannot be utilized properly as the component crops vary in their response of these resources.
5. Harvesting is difficult.
So mixed cropping is going simultaneously two cropping systems in the farm while intercropping is two crops in the same farm at same time.
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