Multicropping

Quick meaning: Multicropping is a noun meaning The practice of growing two or more crops on the same piece of land during a single growing season.

Meaning

The practice of growing two or more crops on the same piece of land during a single growing season.

Example Sentences

Farms with relatively abundant labor compared with their farm size are less likely to engage in multicropping.

Other researchers have shown interest in multiple cultivar phenomena among indigenous and peasant peoples by studying the distribution and merits of polyculture and multicropping in the tropics.

1978 December, Samuel G. Unger, George W. Bailey, Environmental Implications of Trends in Agriculture and Silviculture, Volume 2: Environmental Effects of Trends, US Environmental Protection Agency, page 28, Multicropping practices will increase in some areas; however, it is doubtful if year-round cropping will occur throughout most of the U.S.

Word Forms

• multicroppings
• multi-cropping

Synonyms for multicropping

Depending on context, synonyms include polyculture.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include polycropping, intercrop, aftercrop, resowing, refruiting, copropagation.

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