inter cropping – Gramophone

How is inter-cropping beneficial to farmers?

Inter-cropping maintains the diversity and stability of fields.
It reduces the use of chemical/fertilizer.
It helps in Weed suppression and reduces the chances of diseases and insect attacks.
In inter-cropping, Vegetable crops give high production in short duration.

Taking two or more crops in the same area in different queues at the same time is called intercropping.
Crops such as moong or urad can be grown with shallow roots and ready in a short time between the vacant spaces between rows of the cotton crop.
Inter-cropping will also increase the additional profits and weeds will not be put on the space.
Inter-cropping helps prevent soil erosion during rainy days.
By this method, a variation of crops keeps the crop safe from diseases and pests.
This method serves as an insurance against the failure of crops in more or less rain. Which avoids the risk of farmers, because even after a crop is destroyed, the yield of the supporting crop is available.

SN	Maincrop	Intercrop
1.	Soya bean	maize, peagonpea	For intercultural or mixed crops, the growth rate of vegetables, distribution of roots, Nutritious nature, attacks of pests and diseases, market demand etc. should be considered. The cropping system should not be permanent and the weather, pest and diseases attacks, market price and demand and should be changed according to the grower.
2.	Okra	Coriander, spinach
3.	Cotton	groundnut, green gram, black gram maize.
4.	Chilli	radish, carrot.
5.	Mango	onion, Turmeric