Editing Multiple cropping (section)

== Benefits of multiple cropping ==
Adopting the practice of multiple cropping on a large scale can help in reducing the food crises of a country. The overall cost of input decreases, cost spent on fertilizers, irrigation, labour, etc. reduces because of growing two or more than two crops on the same field. Risk of weed growth, pest and disease infestation reduces because of mutual relationship within the crop. This results in better farm management and increased income of the farmer. However, only 5% of global rainfed cropland is under multiple cropping, while 40% of global irrigated cropland is under multiple cropping.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Multiple cropping could help feed the world|url=https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/multiple-cropping-could-help-feed-the-world/|access-date=2020-12-14|website=CGIAR|language=en-US}}</ref>

In China, the [[Land Reform Movement (China)|land reform movement]] and [[Collective farming|collectivization of farming]] facilitated double-cropping in the south of the country, leading to a major increase in agricultural yields.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Harrell |first=Stevan |title=An Ecological History of Modern China |date=2023 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=978-0-295-75171-9 |location=Seattle}}</ref>{{Rp|page=116}}