When both crops and livestock are raised on the same farm, it is known as

1. mixed farming
2. mixed cropping
3. intercropping
4. crop rotation

Correct Answer: (a) mixed farming

Explanation:

 When both crops and livestock are raised on the same farm, it is known as mixed farming.

Mixed cropping is a method of growing more than one kind of crop in the same field, have the same growing season. This will help in utilizing the maximum amount of land and producing more kinds of crops in small duration.

Growing two or more crops in a definite row pattern is inter-cropping.

Crop rotation is a technique of growing different crops on the same field in a pre-planned succession. Soil loses its fertility if the same crops are grown repeatedly. Hence, it is necessary to do crop rotation. Crop rotation can either be a one, two, or a three-year rotation.