What are the advantages of intercropping and crop rotation?

CBSE Class 9
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What are the advantages of intercropping and crop rotation?

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Advantages of intercropping:

  • It ensures maximum utilization of nutrients supplied soil erosion is greatly reduced
  • It prevents pests and diseases from spreading to all the plants belonging to one crop in a field.
  • The different crops can be marketed and threshed separately. They can also be marketed separately.

Crop rotation:

  • It controls pests and weeds to a great extent.
  • 2 or 3 crops can be grown in a yewar with good harvests.
  • Soil utilization is complete.
  • It reduces the great dependence on fertilizers.