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    Multiple cropping involves planting two or more crop species in the same field with overlapping growth cycles to increase yields and the effective growing season. It has advantages like increased harvests, exports, and soil fertility, while managing weeds, but also makes pests, diseases, and weeds harder to control. Multiple cropping can be monoculture, duo culture involving two conflicting crops at different times, or polyculture with multiple crop types planted sequentially in a year.

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    Multiple cropping involves planting two or more crop species in the same field with overlapping growth cycles to increase yields and the effective growing season. It has advantages like increased harvests, exports, and soil fertility, while managing weeds, but also makes pests, diseases, and weeds harder to control. Multiple cropping can be monoculture, duo culture involving two conflicting crops at different times, or polyculture with multiple crop types planted sequentially in a year.

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    Multiple cropping involves planting two or more crop species in the same field with overlapping growth cycles to increase yields and the effective growing season. It has advantages like increased harvests, exports, and soil fertility, while managing weeds, but also makes pests, diseases, and weeds harder to control. Multiple cropping can be monoculture, duo culture involving two conflicting crops at different times, or polyculture with multiple crop types planted sequentially in a year.

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    Topic: Multiple Cropping

    MULTIPLE CROPPING

    What is Multiple cropping?

    Multi cropping is defined as planting two or even more kinds of crops in the same field. It
    is also known as polyculture. Usually, these crop species always possess overlapping growth
    cycles.
    And also it is one of the agronomic measures to increase the effective length of the
    growing season the amount of rainwater that can be used for crop production.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Cropping

    Advantages of Multiple Cropping


     It increases the harvests
     It increases the export
     It increases foreign exchange
     It aids in handling weeds
     It aids in maintaining and improving the soil fertility
     Several types of products can be easily produced at a go
     It acts as a better source of soul use

    Disadvantages of Multiple Cropping


     Pests and even diseases can make it very easily
     The use of the currently available technological innovations is difficult
     Pests and diseases can move from one crop to another one easily
     Controlling weeds is always harder

    Types of Multiple Cropping

    Below are some of the ways that multiple cropping can be classified:
     Monoculture – This is the planting of similar crops in the same field in a year such as
    rice beans after beans and kales after kales.
     Duo culture -This is a situation whereby two conflicting crops are planted at different
    times of the year in the same field. For example, rice after kales.
     Polyculture –This involves more than two different types of crops planted in a sequence
    in a field in the same year.
    SAMPLE PICTURE OF MULTI CROPPING

    MONOCULTURE DUO CULTURE POLYCULTURE

    QUESTIONS
     What is Multiple cropping
     Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Cropping
     Types of Multiple Cropping

    REFERENCES:

    1. Abhishek, Aditya (2020-09-19). "MULTIPLE CROPPING- Definition, Benefits and selection


    of crops. Agriculture Review. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

    2. Bunnett, R.B. (2002). Interactive TMKC bsdk4, p. 98. SNP Pan Pacific publishing.

    3. multiple cropping could help feed the world. CGIA Retrieved 2020-14-19.

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