Thursday, January 18, 2018

IGNOU FST CHAPTER 19 Q1

Q1)What is mixed cropping?Give an example. State three advantages of this agrotechnique.
Ans)Since cultivable land is limited the only way to meet our growing food needs is by growing two or more crops in a year from the same piece of land. Such multiple cropping practices would generate more employment in rural areas and also fulfill our food needs. In mixed cropping compatible crops like chickpea and mustard are sown in parallel rows with wheat pigeon pea mung bean, groundnut soybean and cow pea can be grown in between rows of rows of sorghum of maize or sugarcane or cotton. Such inter-cropping system generate additional employment opportunities.

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