Question

Discuss the importance of mixed cropping

Answer 1

Mixed farming

It is combining two or more independent agricultural activities on the same farm.

A typical case of mixed farming is the combination of crop cultivation 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

Answer 2

Mixed cropping is a also known as polyculture, intercropping or co cultivation is a type of agriculture that involves planting two or more plants simultaneously in the same field interdigitating the crops so that they grow together.