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What is the difference between multiple cropping and inter cropping?

Multiple cropping is growing two or more crops in the same space during a single growing season and inter cropping is a type of multiple cropping in which two or more crops are grown in close proximity without mixing with adequate space in between two crops in order to maximize cooperation and minimize competition between the crops.

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1. 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:

1.Soyabean + Pigeon pea

2.Maize + udad dal (Black gram)

3.Pigeon pea + Mung dal (Green gram)

4.Groundnut + Sunflower

5.Sorghum + Pigeon pea

6.Wheat + Chickpea

7.Barley + Chickpea

8.Wheat + Mustard

9.Cotton + Groundnut

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2. Inter cropping is the cultivation of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field.

It also means the growing of two or more crops on the same field with the planting of the second crop after the first one has completed its development with a row arrangement.

Inter cropping-

1.Reduces the plant diseases.

2.Reduces hillside erosion and protects topsoil,

3.Minimizes labor cost on the control of weeds.

4.Utilizes the farm area more efficiently.

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