What do you mean by multiple cropping? Name the crops grown in Palampur. OR Distinguish between fixed capital and working capital
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More than one crop grown on a piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping. People in Palampur are able to grow three different crops because they have electricity and well-developed irrigation system. In the beginning, the tube wells were installed by the government and gradually many private tube wells were also installed.
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Multiple Cropping. The growing of two or more crops together or one after another on the same land in the same cropping season. Multiple cropping can be in distinct rows, strips, or haphazard. In Africa as a part of traditional farming system, Multiple cropping is practiced in small farms but often with very limited resources.
The crops grown in Palampur Village as a part of multiple cropping are Jowar, Bajra and Wheat. Many others have also grown Potato as a third crop.