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State any two advantages Mixed Cropping.
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- Farmers can keep their fields under continuous production.
- There is geographic mixing of crops. This can help slow the spread of pest and other diseases in the growing season.
- It also reduces the effects of adverse weather conditions for the farmer as planting and -harvest is at different times of the season.
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