diffremce between modern farming methods and multiple cropping
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Answer:
Modern Farming:
1) Modern farming implies the use of modern agricultural inputs to the production of a particular crop.
2) Different crops are grown during different period of the year.
3) Farmers can grow different crops in a year with the help of well developed irrigation system.
4) Chemical fertilizers, HYV seeds, farm machinery and artificial irrigation are used.
Multiple cropping:
1) Two or more crops are grown at a same period or season in same piece of land.
2) It is a type of poly-culture. Example: growing tomato + onion + marigold during same season and same land. Also, marigold repels some tomato pests.
3) Different crops require different nutrients, hence the land is better utilized. It also helps to maintain soil's fertility.
4) It does not give space for weds and hamper to grow.
Explanation:
in agriculture, multiple cropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same piece of land in same growing seasons instead of one crop.
Modern farming means farming using modern techniques and technology. That means farming with the facilities of modern science and technologies. Using modern science and technologies in farming increase the farming productions.