ABSTRACT
In Britain, mixed cropping of barley and clover was quite common and in India, the practice of growing mixtures of legumes and non-legumes was widespread. Although multiple cropping is common in South America and Africa, the history of the practice is not well documented for these continents. The history of Taiwan's agricultural development is well documented and multiple cropping systems have been a distinctive feature of its development. In 1887, R. Wallace studied mixed cropping in India and he found it very advantageous. American Indians practiced mixed cropping of maize and beans in the eighteen hundreds. J. C. Willis observed mixed cropping of perennial as well as annual crops in Ceylon, Malaya and the West Indies and concluded that mixed cropping practices could well be advantageous in traditional cropping systems. Double cropping has long existed in China. In the north, the principal crop was winter wheat, while in the south, it was rice.
