Intercropping is a multiple cropping practice that involves growing two or more crops in proximity. In other words, intercropping is the cultivation of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field.

What is the means of intercropping?

: to grow a crop in between (another) intransitive verb. : to grow two or more crops simultaneously (as in alternate rows) on the same plot.

What is another word for intercropping?

Companion planting: A general term essentially synonymous with intercropping but often used to refer to the planting of non-crop or ornamental species with vegetables for attraction of beneficial insects.