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Question
What are the advantages of inter-cropping?
Solution
- It helps to keep the soil fertile.
- It improves productivity per unit area.
- It saves both labour and time.
- Inter-cropping maximises nutrient utilisation while also preventing pests and diseases from spreading to all plants belonging to the same crop in a field.
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