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प्रश्न
Compare between mixed cropping and intercropping.
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उत्तर
| Mixed cropping | Intercropping |
| It aims to minimise risk of crop failure. | It aims to increase productivity per unit area. |
| Seeds of two crops are mixed before sowing | Seeds of two crops are not mixed. |
| In this method there is a difficulty of fertilizer application to individual crops. | In intercropping fertilizer can be placed as per need of the crops. |
| Spraying for pest control to individual crop is difficult. | Pesticides can be easily applied to individual crop. |
| It involves no set pattern of rows of crops | It involves set patterns of rows of crops. |
| Harvesting and threshing of crops separately not possible | Both crops can be easily harvested and threshed separately. |
| Marketing and consumption of only mixed produce is possible. | Product of each crop can be marketed and consumed separately. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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