strip-cropping

strip-cropping
strip-crop·ping (strĭpʹkrŏp'ĭng) n.
The growing of a cultivated crop, such as cotton, and a sod-forming crop, such as alfalfa, in alternating strips following the contour of the land, in order to minimize erosion.

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