Advantages of using intercropping are as follows:

• It helps to maintain soil fertility.
• It increases productivity per unit area.
• It saves labour and time.
• Inter-eroping ensures maximum utilisation of the nutrients supplied, and also prevents pests and diseases from spreading to all the plants belonging to one crop in a field.

Advantages of using crop rotation are as follows:

• It improves the soil fertility.
• It avoids depletion of a particular nutrient from the soil.
• It minimises pest infestation and diseases.
• It helps in weed control.
• It prevents change in the chemical nature of the soil.