Improvement In Food Resources — Science STD 9 — Question

Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously in a same field in definite row patterns with the objective of increasing productivity per unit area.

Mixed Cropping:

1. It aims to minimize the risk of crop failure.
2. Seeds of two crops are mixed before sowing.
3. It involves no set pattern of rows of crops.

Intercropping:

1. It aims to increase the productivity per unit area.
2. Seeds of two crops are not mixed.
3. It involves set pattern of rows of crops.