About Lesson
Concept of Cropping System :
Farming System: An arrangement of farm enterprises and their management in response to biophysical and socioeconomic factors to fulfill family goals.
Cropping System: The cropping pattern used on a farm and their interaction with farm resources, other enterprises, and the environment.
Cropping pattern: The yearly sequence and spatial arrangement of crops and fallow in a given area. The cropping pattern indicates the proportion of area under different crops at a point in time.
Types of cropping system:
A) Mono cropping /single cropping
- Sole cropping e.g., commercial farming
- Monoculture e.g., lowland rice
B) Multiple cropping
- Sequential cropping
- Intercropping
- Mixed cropping
- Relay cropping
- Multi-storey cropping