Question

When both crops and livestock are raised on the same farm, it is known as

• A. Inter cropping
• B. Mixed farming
• C. Mixed cropping
• D. Crop rotation

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Mixed farming is a system of farming in which a farmer conducts different types of agricultural practices together, on a single farm in view of increasing his income through different sources. In mixed farming a farmer can take up different types of practices for income generation while doing his main business of agriculture. Some of these practices that can be done together with the main agricultural practices are - poultry farming diary farming, bee keeping. So, the correct answer is 'Mixed farming'.