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Mixed cropping is also known as inter-cropping, polyculture, or co-cultivation. It is a type of agriculture that requires planting two or more plants simultaneously in the same field, interdigitating the plants so that they grow together.
Typically a mix of legumes and cereals or tuber crops is a common practice in marginal agro-ecological environments. The mixtures can be flexibly arranged to conditions such as late or early onset of the rainy season or status of soil fertility in different fields.