Question

Which of the following is the integrated farming of crops and livestock?
A. Organic farming
B. Mixed cropping
C. Composite farming
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The best type of integrated farming involves raising crops-livestock together. All the essential nutrients needed for crops to flourish are provided by the manure extracted from animal wastes.

Complete answer: a) Organic farming - It is an agricultural practice that increases production without using pesticides, fertilizers or antibiotics. It only uses ecological friendly pest controls and biological fertilizers which are derived largely from plants and animal wastes. It is a combination of farming with traditional methods and maintenance of livestock. This livestock includes cattle and other farm animals. Organic farming uses fewer pesticides, reduces soil erosion, decreases leaching into ground and surface water, and recycles animal wastes back into the farm. Mixed cropping is also an agricultural technique that grows two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land during one growing season. It can take the form of double cropping, in which a second crop is grown after the first crop is harvested. Example - wheat and gram. The production of bajra involves sowing 12 or more crops on the same plot. Lastly, composite farming is different from various agricultural technologies. It is a method of cultivation in which many layers of many crops are grown together such that no stretch of land remains uncultivated.
Hence, A is the correct option.

Note: Integrated or mixed farming system is a system where high-quality organic food, feed, fibre, and renewable energy are produced by using resources such as soil, water, air, and nature. It is a technique that does not create any pollution to the environment.