Different ways/patterns / systems of growing crop’s are:

(a) Mixed cropping

(b) Inter-cropping

(c) Crop rotation.

Mixed cropping: It is a method in which two or more crops grow simultaneously on the same piece of land.

Example, Wheat + grain, wheat + mustard or groundnut + sunflower.

This helps in the reduction of risk factor and provides insurance against failure of one of the crops.

Inter-cropping: It is a method of growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same field in a definite patterns. A few row of one crop alternate with a few rows of second crop.

Example, soyabean + maize or bajra + lobia

Crop rotation: The growing of different crops on a piece of land in a pre-planned succession is known as crop rotation.

The availability of moisture and irrigation facility decides the choice of crop to be cultivated after one harvest.