Multiple cropping - tamousaku

Japanese: 多毛作 - たもうさく

Cultivating crops on the same land more than twice a year. By using the land repeatedly and expanding the total cultivated area, higher productivity can be achieved with limited farmland. Cultivating crops twice a year is called double cropping, three times a year is called triple cropping, and four or more times a year is often called multiple cropping. Typical examples include growing wheat and rapeseed as a secondary crop to rice, as well as growing vegetables in the suburbs and short-term vegetables, and five-cropping and six-cropping are examples of this.

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Japanese:

同じ土地に作物を年に2回以上つくること。土地を反覆利用し，作付け延べ面積を拡大することにより，限られた農地でより高い生産性が上げられる。2回の場合は二毛作，3回の場合は三毛作といい，4回以上の場合に多毛作といわれることが多い。典型例として水稲裏作にムギ，ナタネ，また近郊野菜栽培，短期生育の野菜を含む五毛作，六毛作などがある。

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