Question

What r the advantages of multiple cropping?​

Answer 1

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• Multiple Cropping:- Multiple cropping (i.e. multicropping ) is the practice of sequentially growing two or more crops in the same piece of land during one growing season instead of just one crop.
• It is a form of polyculture.
• Mixed cropping is found in many agricultural traditions.

Advantages :-

Multiple cropping systems are beneficial for soil and farmers as well as for the country.

• It is a better source of soil utilization
• It improves yield
• Increase yield per unit of land
• Increase the crop production
• Export increase
• Foreign exchange increase
• Costs of input decrease as compared to individual crop growing cost
• Reduce pest and disease attack
• Different type of products can be produce at a time
• It helps to produce a balance diet for a family
• It helps to maintain the soil fertility
• It helps to control weeds

Disadvantages :-

• The survival of pests become easy
• Pests can easily shift from one crop to another crop
• Problem of weed management
• Implementation of new technology is difficult

Types :-

• Intercropping
• Mixed cropping
• Relay cropping
• Sequential cropping
• Ratoon cropping

Answer 2

Answer:

To grow more than one crop on a field.

2 If one crop damaged then it has the chances that the another crop will not damaged.

3 Multiple cropping enables the fertility of the soil.

4 It also prevent soil erosion.

These are the advantages of multiple cropping.

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