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Describe the various cropping patterns.
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Monocropping Crop rotation Sequential cropping Intercropping. Monocropping: When only one crop is grown season after season; it’s called Monocropping. Sequential cropping: It means growing of two or more crops in sequence on the same piece of land in a farming year. Row intercropping: when cropping involves the component crops arranged in alternate rows. Strip Intercropping: It involves growing of two or more crops in strips that are wide enough to allow separate management of the two crops; but close enough for the crops to interact. Mixed intercropping or mixed cropping: It involves growing of two or more crops at the same time with no distinct row arrangement. Relay intercropping or relay cropping: It is a system in which a second crop is planted when an existing crop has just flowered but before harvesting.
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