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Explain the advantages of mixed cropping.
Write down advantage of mixed cropping technique.
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Following are the advantages of mixed cropping:
- It reduces the risk of crop failure due to environmental stress.
- Pest infestation of crops is greatly reduced.
- It increases soil fertility.
- It increases the yield of both the crops due to complementary effect of each crop.
- Farmers tend to harvest a variety of produce such as cereal, pulses or vegetables or fodder to meet the various requirements of family or of an agricultural farm.
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