Growing of four crops per year in such a way that land is passed on to another crop before the previous one is harvested is called – (RJ ASCO 2011)

• Relay cropping is an intensive cropping system where a second crop is planted before the first crop is harvested. This allows for:
-Increased productivity: By overlapping crop cycles, farmers can maximize land use and potentially achieve higher yields per year.
-Better resource utilization: Resources like sunlight, water, and nutrients are utilized more efficiently as crops with different growth habits and requirements are grown in sequence.
-Reduced risk: If one crop fails, the other may still provide a harvest, mitigating potential losses.
-Improved soil health: Relay cropping can help maintain soil fertility and reduce erosion by providing continuous ground cover.
-Examples: A common example is planting wheat or another winter crop into standing soybeans or corn before harvest.

🔑Key Points::
-Relay cropping refers to the planting of the succeeding crop before harvesting the preceding crop.
-Sequence cropping is growing two or more crops in a sequence on the same piece of land in different seasons
-Multiple cropping is the practice of growing two or more crops on the same piece of land one after another in one calendar year.
-Monocropping refers to growing of one and the same crop on the same piece of land year after year.