What is multiple cropping?


A) When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedlings are transplanted
in different fields


B) Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each
part


C) Raising in succession only one type of crop in the same piece of land

D) Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land

Correct Answer:
B) Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each
part


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