Title: Multiple Cropping: An Appraisal of Present Knowledge and Future Needs
Abstract: This chapter reviews the information and the discussions which ensued in an attempt to summarize what is known about multiple cropping and what needs to be known if such practices are to bring about significant increases in world food production. The various forms of multiple cropping do not occur haphazardly, but rather follow geographical and energy gradients. The economics of multiple cropping require a change in traditional thinking. The traditional objective of agricultural research has been to enhance crop production in two dimensions: increasing the cultivated area and increasing yields per unit area per crop. Intercropping systems practiced by farmers generally produce more total yields of the mixed crops per hectare than when the individual crops are grown in single stands. As pointed out by Erbach and Lovely, mechanization may limit the adoption of the more complex intercropped systems by large-scale farm operations.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-10-26
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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