WEEK 7 and 8
FARMING SYSTEM
MIXED FARMING: is an agricultural system in which a farmer conducts different agricultural practice together, such as cash crops and livestock. The aim is to increase income through different sources and to complement land and labour demands across the year.
MONOCROPPING: is the agricultural practice of growing a
single crop year after year on the same land, in the
absence of rotation through other crops or growing
multiple crops on the same land (polyculture). Corn ,
soybeans , and wheat are three common crops often
grown using monocropping techniques.
SOLE CROPPING
Growing one crop alone or in pure stand, either as a
single crop or as a sequence of single crops within the
year.
MIXED CROPPING
Mixed cropping is a system of sowing two or three crops
together on the same land, one being the main crop and the
others the subsidiaries.