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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 (contracted; show full)
Agronomists studying mixed crops have had mixed results determining if yield differences can be achieved with mixed versus crops that are singularly cultivated. If a combination of say, wheat and chickpeas works in one part of the world, it might not work in another. But, overall it appears that measurably good effects result, when the right combination of crops are cropped together. 

EXAMPLE-
The classic example of mixed cropping is that of the American "three sisters", maize, beans, and cucurbits (squash and pumpkins). These three plants, domesticated at different times, were together an important component of Native American agriculture, historically documented by the Seneca and Iroquois, and probably beginning sometime after 1000 AD. All three seeds are planted in the same hole. The maize provides a stalk for the beans to climb on, the beans are nutrient-rich to offset that taken out by the maize, and the squash grows low to the ground to keep weeds down and water from evaporating from the soil in the heat.
Also ,there are more examples like:
 soyabean + pigeon pea
 sorghum + chick pea
 wheat + chick pea
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This allows in increase of the production thus acting a profit for the farmer and helps him increase his earnings.⏎
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