Question

explain the importance of various cropping patterns in the field of agriculture​

Answer 1

Answer:

the importance of various cropping patterns are

Explanation:

it helps in not losing the soil fertility

you can produce more types of plants in one field

you can get more yields and production

Answer 2

Answer:

Cropping pattern is the pattern of cropping done in a defined proportion of land under cultivation during a particular growing season. The type of rainfall, availability of water resources, soil type, temperature, relief, climate, labor and technology available decides the cropping pattern in a region.

Monocropping: Single type of crop cultivated at a period of time or season. "Monoculture" refers to the same type of crop grown in a particular land season after season. This method reduces soil fertility, limits yield to a single type of crop, increased requirement of nutrients, fertilizer, pesticides, labor, and time, and spreads plant diseases.

Multicropping or mixed cropping: When two or more types of crops are grown in the same field during a particular growing season.

Features:

Multiple yields, maintains soil fertility, economical use of nutrients, fertilizers and other chemicals due to sharing between crops, proper land utilization, saves time and labor, weed and pest suppression.  

Different types of multicropping are: Intercropping and crop rotation

Intercropping: Growing more than one type of crop in the same field in close proximity. Types:

• Row intercropping: Crops grown in rows.

• Strip intercropping: Crops grown in strips.

• Relay intercropping: the Second crop is grown at the flowering time of the first crop

Crop rotation:

Different crops are grown in succession and in planned phases in a particular land season after season.