**4.3 Mixed/intercropping**

According to [53, 54] mixed cropping/Intercropping is when two or more crops for instance cereals and legumes are planted at the same time in the same farm

**Figure 6.** *Conservation tillage. Source: [52].*

**Figure 7.** *Mixed/intercropping.*

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**Figure 8.** *Strip cropping. Source: [52].*

(**Figure 7**). For and intercrop to exist, the level of temporal and spatial overlap between the two crops must somewhat vary. Notable examples include row cropping where crops are alternately arranged in rows, temporal intercropping where slow growing crops are grown sown with fast-growing crops such that the later can be harvested before the later.
