Mixed crooping is an eco-friendly crooping pattern.Justify this statement .
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Mixed cropping is growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land. It is also known as multiple cropping. This type of cropping leads to an improvement in the fertility of the soil and hence, increase in crop yield because when the two crops are properly chosen the products and refuse from one crop plant help in the growth of the other crop plant and vice-versa. Mixed cropping is an insurance against crop failure due to abnormal weather conditions.
Some successful mixed cropping practices are:
Soyabean + Pigeon pea
Maize + udad dal (Black gram)
Pigeon pea + Mung dal (Green gram)
Groundnut + Sunflower
Sorghum + Pigeon pea
Wheat + Chickpea
Barley + Chickpea
Wheat + Mustard
Cotton + Groundnut
Mixed cropping has proved successful because of the right selection of crops.
Mixed cropping helps in retaining the natural efficiency of the soil to produce new and healthy crops