explain about mixed farming and crop rotation with examples of crops produced[within 200 words]
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mixed farming is a method where more than one crop is planted in a plot of land during cultivation. mixed farming helps in maintaining fertility and condition of the soil. it also prevents pests
crop rotation is a method where a crop is planted and harvested for one season and in another season, another crop is cultivated. this helps in gaining fertility.
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Mixed farming is an agricultural system in which a farmer conducts different agricultural practice together, such as cash crops and livestock. The aim is to increase income through different sources and to complement land and labour demands across the year. Mixed farming systems can be classified in many ways. They can be based on land size, type of crops and animals, geographical distribution, market orientation, and so on.
Mixed farming systems maintain soil fertility by recycling soil nutrients and allowing the introduction and use of rotations between various crops and forage legumes and trees, or for land to remain fallow and grasses and shrubs to become re-established;
Mixed farming systems maintain soil biodiversity, minimise soil erosion, help to conserve water and provide suitable habitats for birds;
Mixed farming systems make the best use of crop residues. When they are not used as feed, stalks may be incorporated directly into the soil, where, for some time, they act as a nitrogen trap, exacerbating deficiencies.
Definition of crop rotation
: the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land chiefly to preserve the productive capacity of the soil