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'''Mixed cropping''' is growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land. It is also known as multiple cropping. This type of cropping leads to an improvement in the fertility of the soil and increases in crop yield. The products and refuse from one crop plant help in the growth of the other crop plant and vice-versa. Mixed cropping is an insurance against crop failure in abnormal weather conditions.It also helps the farmer to improve its yield and economy and avoid crop failure which was very common in India and Asian countries. 

By planting one line of one crop, then a line of another crop, both crops can get better. In one line a [[legume]] and in another line the main crop. So, if the main crop takes the nitrogen from the soil, the legume fixes the soil. The nitrogen is fixed in the root nodules of the leguminous plants in the form of nitrates (soluble form of nitrogen) and keeps the soil fertile. This helps the farmers to produce more and more crops without the nitrogen being depleted from the soil.

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This allows in increase of the production thus acting a profit for the farmer and helps him increase his earnings.