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Cropping System For Group 6

Mixed cropping involves growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same plot, also known as intercropping. It includes types such as intra-row, inter-row, and relay intercropping, offering advantages like labor and land savings, increased yields, and reduced risk of crop failure. However, it also presents challenges such as difficulties in mechanization, high initial capital requirements, and the need for diverse knowledge to manage various crops.

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Cropping System For Group 6

Mixed cropping involves growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same plot, also known as intercropping. It includes types such as intra-row, inter-row, and relay intercropping, offering advantages like labor and land savings, increased yields, and reduced risk of crop failure. However, it also presents challenges such as difficulties in mechanization, high initial capital requirements, and the need for diverse knowledge to manage various crops.

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CROPPING SYSTEM

MIXED CROPPING
Mixed cropping
• This is the growing of two or more crops on the same
plot at the same time.
• It is also known as intercropping, interplanting,
multiculture or polyculture.
Types of mixed cropping
• Intra-row mixed cropping –This is the situation where by
two or more crops are grown within the same row either
on the same planting station or different stations
• Inter-row mixed cropping – In this, one crop is grown
between the rows of another crop i.e on alternate ridges
• Relay intercropping/phased planting –A second crop is
sown on the plot while the first one is growing,
established or even maturing .
Advantages of mixed cropping
• It saves labour since some operations are done at once
for all the crops e.g. weeding.
• It saves land since the same land is used for more than
one crop
• It increases the total yield per hectare since the harvest
is combined.
• It reduces the risk of crop failure since the farmer can
rely on the other crop if one fails.
• It enables the crops to benefit from each other ,e.g.
beans fix nitrogen for maize.
Disadvantages of mixed cropping
• Mechanisation is difficult since each crop has specific
needs.
• It requires large starting capital to get different
machines and farm structures for different crops
• Different crops might be shading one another reducing
the rate of photosynthesis.
• It requires a wide range of knowledge and skills to
manage different crops.

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