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a)Double-cropping;
-Can also be termed as sequential cropping.
-Can be defined as the practice of planting a second crop immediately following a given harvest of a first crop.
-Harvesting of two crops from the same field in one year is done.
-Requires a long season enough for the growing crops.
-Crops that mature quickly enough are commonly used to allow two harvests in one year.
b)Inter-cropping;
Is defined as the presence of two or more crops in the same field at the same time, planted in a sequenced arrangement that results in the crops competing with one another in the same field.
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