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double-cropping

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The raising of two or more crops on the same land in one season. This is accomplished by means of companion crops and succession crops (see crop).

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Examples

  • Irrigated rice projects funded by the World Bank, China, IFAD, etc., be they small - or large-scale double-cropping schemes, ignored the elaborate system of land rights and cropping responsibilities.

    Water profile of Gambia 2008

  • There is also evidence that farmers were already double-cropping before the Han conquest, and this too may indicate that a well-organized, centralized form of government was in place earlier.

    7. Vietnam 2001

  • A driving force behind U.S. pearl millet research is the chance that pearl millet might make double-cropping possible.

    6. Pearl Millet: Commercial Types 1996

  • (The double-cropping system of planting soybean with hybrid rice in spring was recently introduced and proved to be a great success.)

    Chapter 4 1995

  • Grass carp raised in double-cropping fields not only eliminate some pests of rice, they also feed on and digest the nucleus of the bacteria that causes sheath and culm blight.

    Chapter 4 1995

  • Nevertheless, with widespread adoption of High Yielding Varieties and associated increased fertilizer application, as well as increased double-cropping through the use of short-duration varieties, finer-tuning of paddy irrigation is increasingly desirable.

    Chapter 10 1995

  • The method can also be applied in double-cropping areas, but the fish are only raised in winter.

    Chapter 5 1995

  • This may be a key factor determining the practicability of double-cropping of paddy versus single cropping, and the timing of planting of follow-on dry season crops.

    Chapter 10 1995

  • The principles of "double-cropping" are summarized by Professor

    Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896

  • He said the increase planting would include double-cropping in some regions.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

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