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explain how multiple croping is done in village palampur
Multiple cropping : It is the most common way of increasing production on a given pieceof land. Under it, more than one crop is grown on the same piece of land during the year. Indian farmers should grow atlest two main crops in a year. Some farmers have beengrowing a third crop also over the past twenty years. he two most common ways of increasing the production are either by ‘multiple cropping’ or by adopting ‘modern farming’ method. For example, many farmers of Palampur village have adopted the process of multiple cropping to increase their production from same piece of land. During the rainy (kharif) season they grow jowar, bajra etc. which are used for cattle feeding. Between October and December they cultivate potatoes. In winter (rabi) season they grow wheat which is partly kept for family consumption and the surplus for selling. In this the way the farmers of Palampur increased their production by multiple cropping.  


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