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2017Q8(a)Agriculture in India—I
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What is Mixed farming? Mention any one benefit of Mixed farming.

Topic: Mixed farming

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Mixed farming is the raising of crops and the rearing of livestock together, with equal importance, on the same farm. Benefit: the farmer has work and income the year round, and a crop failure does not ruin him.

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