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Improvement in Food Resources — Science STD 9 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceImprovement in Food Resources3 Marks
Question
Define intercropping. How does it differ with mixed cropping?
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Answer

Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously in a same field in definite row patterns with the objective of increasing productivity per unit area.
Mixed Cropping:
  1. It aims to minimize the risk of crop failure.
  2. Seeds of two crops are mixed before sowing.
  3. It involves no set pattern of rows of crops.
Intercropping:
  1. It aims to increase the productivity per unit area.
  2. Seeds of two crops are not mixed.
  3. It involves set pattern of rows of crops.

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