Name any four crops of mixed farming

Mixed cropping, also known as polyculture, inter-cropping, or co-cultivation, is a type of agriculture that involves planting two or more plants simultaneously in the same field, interdigitating the crops—like interlocking your fingers—so that they grow together. Since crops ripen during different seasons, planting more than one saves space and also provides a wealth of environmental benefits including maintaining a balance of input and outgo of soil nutrients; weed, disease, insect pest suppression; resistance to climate extremes (wet, dry, hot, cold); an increase in overall productivity, and management of scarce land resources to its maximum potential. Mixed Cropping in Prehistory Planting enormous fields with single crops—monocultural agriculture—is a recent invention of the industrial agricultural complex. While unequivocal archaeological evidence is difficult to come by, it's believed that most agricultural field systems in the past involved some form of mixed cropping. That's because even if botanical evidence of plant residues (such as The method consists of planting all three seeds in the same hole. As they grow, the maize provides a stalk for the beans to climb on, the beans are nutrient-rich to offset those taken out by the maize, and the squash grows low to the ground to combat weed growth and keep water from evaporating from the soil in the heat. Mixed cropping is best suited for small-scale farming where harvesting is done by hand. The process has been success...

The goal for any gardener, small or large, should be to get the most food out of their growing space. This isn’t hard with baby greens and One great way to make the most out of these crops is to plant a second, faster crop alongside them in their beds. Usually, this is well-thought-out and in our garden plan, but sometimes these intercrops are admittedly a bit of an on-the-fly decision when the season calls for it or when we see opportunity. Here are a few crops we always turn to when we have a little extra garden space to fill. Lettuce Both head lettuce and cut lettuce are ideal intercrops. Head lettuce is nice because generally you are transplanting it into a row with maybe 30 days or so left until it’s ready to harvest. In that case, if you have a crop like broccoli or cauliflower or even tomatoes, you can transplant your lettuce first, then the other crop a week or so later (after a cultivation, preferably), and pull your lettuce just before the larger, longer season crop takes over. As for cut lettuce, this is a crop that we’ve found does well with long-season onions, Radishes Radishes might be the perfect intercrop. They are fast and compact, do not require a lot of nutrients, and are easy to harvest. You can sow radishes with nearly any Turnips Turnip greens are larger than radish greens, so we use this crop strategically, as it will block out sunlight in the wrong situations. Generally, I will sow it with our green onion transplants so that immediately after the gr...

The agricultural system is divided into several categories according to demand, supply, market, and production. Mixed farming is one of them. Farmers do crop productions and livestock farming together on the same land in the hope of making more profit. This is a contrasting method of single cultivation, where the same crop is planted in several hectares of land. Mixed farming and its economical uses are described in detail below. According to the geographical point of view, in all the regions of the world where mixed farming has developed, farming can be done all year round due to extreme cold in winter or other climatic constraints. As a result, in order to produce as much food as possible in favorable weather conditions, it is necessary to open up the land for economic activities such as mixed crop production and livestock farming & What is mixed farming? Mixed farming is a type of commercial agriculture concerned with the production of both mixed crops and livestock farming in one farm. This farming method combines a dual economy. In this agricultural method, grains are produced on the same land as well as animal products. As a result, the agricultural land is used in the proper way. That is why the soil fertility of the region where this agricultural system is developed is much higher than in other regions (4). Distribution The mixed farming areas of the world are • Eurasia region In Eurasia, this agricultural process extends from 40° to 60° north latitude, from the At...

• Myrdal, Janken (2011). "Swedish agrarian history - the wider view". In Myrdal, Janken; Morell, Mats (eds.). The Agrarian History of Sweden: From 4000 BC to AD 2000. Nordic Academic Press. p.265. 978-9185509560 . Retrieved 9 November 2020. The fundamental characteristic of the European system of agriculture is mixed farming - the combination on each farm of arable and livestock farming. • Compare: Singh, Chandan; Nath, Ravindra (1994). Vinay Kumar Verma (ed.). Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture: Agricultural Reform. Sgoc Publication (published 2020). 9788193567791 . Retrieved 9 November 2020. Mixed farming is defined as a system of farming on a particular farm which includes crop production, raising livestock, poultry, fisheries, bee keeping etc., to sustain and satisfy as many needs of the farmer as possible • D. B. Grigg (7 November 1974). The Agricultural Systems of the World: An Evolutionary Approach. Cambridge University Press. p.152. 978-0-521-09843-4 . Retrieved 9 November 2020. Mixed farming - or Commercial Crops and livestock [...].

Background Achieving food security is a global priority and a concern for most African countries, including Ghana. Food systems providing varied and healthy diets without compromising the natural resource base, such as integrated crop–livestock diversification, are important for development planning and policy. Using cross-sectional data obtained from 1284 smallholder households in northern Ghana, we used a double-censored Tobit model in a conditional mixed-process (CMP) framework to estimate the impact of crop diversification on household food security. Results The results showed that household-specific, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influence crop–livestock diversification and food security in northern Ghana. Moreover, we found that higher intensity of crop–livestock diversification translates into a greater probability of achieving food security. Conclusions Crop–livestock diversification is essential to Ghana’s pursuit of the zero-hunger global agenda as it enhances food security without adversely affecting biodiversity and ecosystem health. Therefore, it should be incorporated into Ghana’s ongoing agricultural programme dubbed, planting and rearing for food and jobs. The second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 2) is to eliminate hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. It is widely acknowledged that meeting these targets will necessitate all nations maintaining sustainable food production systems by...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mixed Farming: Farming is basically the business of cultivating land and raising livestock. While the business of farming can be done distinctively, there can as well be a combination, and where there is, it is known as mixed farming. Mixed farming is the system of agriculture that combines arable farming with the raising of livestock. Table of Contents • • • Mixed Farming and Mixed Cropping or Inter Cropping Mixed farming is different from mixed cropping, also known as intercropping. While mixed cropping is the growing of two or more different crops on the same farm land, mixed farming is a system of farming where the farmer grows crops and also rear livestock. Intercropping is the agricultural practice of cultivating two or more crops within each other on the same land. Although with some advantages, it is particularly important not to have crops competing with each other for physical space, nutrients, water or sunlight. Examples of intercropping strategies are; planting a deep-rooted crop with a shallow-rooted crop, planting a tall crop with a shorter crop that requires partial shade. Though the advantages includes: additional yield of income and unit area, acting as insurance against failure of crops in abnormal year, increase in soil fertility as the nutrient uptake is made from both layers of the soil, control of weeds and reduction in soil runoff, provision of shade and support to the other crop, possible increase in productivity, etc...