HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Multi Storey Cropping is the process of cultivation of more than two crops at once on the same plot of land with varying heights. Examples: coconut, pepper, cocoa, and pineapple. The crops are cultivated together on the land, utilising land, water, and space in the most effective and inexpensive ways possible.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a multi-storey cropping system crops of different heights are grown together, for example pumpkin (ground cover), pigeon pea (shrub) and mango (tree) in a homegarden; or coffee with vegetables underneath.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the multi-storied cropping, crops underneath tall trees or horticultural crops withstand shading effects and provide micro-climatic conditions needed by all the crops. This system has at least three layers of intercropped plants of different heights.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sequential cropping (growing one crop after another in the same year) and intercropping are types of multiple cropping and include numerous different systems.