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Explain any one method of crop production which ensures high yield.

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Inter cropping is a method of crop production which ensures high yield. It is a practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously in the same field in rows. In inter cropping definite row patterns are followed such as one row of main crop of is followed by two row of intercrop. In inter cropping there is greater utilisation of the interspaced area, light , nutrients, water and air. As a result productivity per unit area increased.
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