multicropping
multicropping noun: the practice of growing two or more crops on the same piece of land during a single growing season.
Noun
multicropping (usually uncountable, plural multicroppings)
- The practice of growing two or more crops on the same piece of land during a single growing season.
- Multicropping practices will increase in some areas; however, it is doubtful if year-round cropping will occur throughout most of the U.S.1978 December, Samuel G. Unger, George W. Bailey, Environmental Implications of Trends in Agriculture and Silviculture, Volume 2: Environmental Effects of Trends, US Environmental Protection Agency...
- Other researchers have shown interest in multiple cultivar phenomena among indigenous and peasant peoples by studying the distribution and merits of polyculture and multicropping in the tropics.1998, Brien A. Meilleur, Clones within Clones: Cosmology and Esthetics and Polynesian Crop Selection: Anthropologica, volume XL, number 1, page 76
- Synonyms:
- multiple cropping, polyculture
Synonyms of multicropping
- multiple cropping
- polyculture
Forms of multicropping
| plural | multicroppings |
|---|---|
| alternative form | multi-cropping |
Origin of multicropping
From multi- + cropping.
Questions about multicropping
- What does multicropping mean?
- Multicropping means the practice of growing two or more crops on the same piece of land during a single growing season.
- What part of speech is multicropping?
- Multicropping is a noun.
- What is the plural of multicropping?
- The plural of multicropping is multicroppings.
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