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Define the terms 'mixed cropping' and 'crop rotation'.

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Practice of cultivating two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land is called mixed cropping. The practice of grawing two or more different kinds of crops on a piece of land in a pre-planned succession is called crop rotation.
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