discuss various cropping patterns followed in cultivated fields
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Answer:
Cropping pattern:
In order to get maximum benefits from the piece of land, different pattern of growing crops are followed. These are:
1.Mixed cropping
2.Intercropping
3.Crop rotation
Explanation:
The practice of cultivating two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land is called mixed cropping. During mixed cropping, if one crop faces adverse conditions or pathogen attack then the other crop can be saved.
farmers during mixed cropping:
Wheat + Mustard
Groundnut + Sunflower
Wheat + Gram
Cotton + Moong bean
Barley + Chick pea
2.The practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously in a same field in definite row pattern is called intercropping.
The basic objective in intercropping is to increase the productivity per unit area.
Advantages of intercropping:
It helps to maintain the soil fertility.
It makes better use of resources.
3.The practice of growing different crops on the same piece of land in a preplanned succession is called crop rotation.
One-year rotation: Rice-Wheat, Maize-Mustard
Two-year rotation: Maize-Mustard-Sugarcane-Fenugreek, Maize-Potato-Sugarcane-Pea
Three-year rotation: Cotton-Sugarcane-Pea-Maize-Wheat, Rice-Wheat-Mung-Mustard-Sugarcane-Berseem