Inter-cropping and crop rotation both play an important role in increasing the yield of crops.
Inter-cropping is a farming method that involves planting or growing more than one crop at the same time and on the same piece of land.
1. Inter-cropping gives higher income per unit area than sole cropping.
2. It acts as an insurance against failure of crop in abnormal year.
3. Inter-crops maintain soil fertility as the nutrient uptake is made from both layers.
4. Reduce soil runoff.
Crop rotation determines the successive arrangement of different crops in a particular order over several years in the same growing space. This process helps maintain nutrients in the soil, reduce soil erosion, and prevents plant diseases and pests. It also helps in controlling weeds and controls the growth of pathogens and pests in crops.
Explanation- From the word itself it determines the use of different crops one by one on single land so that the nutrients consumed by 1st crop are not required for 2nd crop and will give time to the soil for replenishing itself with those exhausted and the remaining nutrients will help in the growth of 2nd crop.
