Q. The farmers of Palampur follow multiple cropping. Why?
Answer: Because this method is the most common way of increasing production.
Notes: To grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping. It is the most common way of increasing production on a given piece of land. All farmers in Palampur grow at least two main crops; many have been growing potato as the third crop in the past fifteen to twenty years.