INTEGRATED PARKING SYSTEM


Term used to refer to FARMING SYSTEMS involving disparate species
(crop.-, livestock and fish, or crops and livestock, for example)
in which .the production of each species is strongly integrated
witt that 3' the others through the gr:ductin of by-products which
ser'va as inputs to the others' production systems.



INTERCROPP';rG

Growing t,.- or more crops simultaneo~-ig in alternating rows or
sets of r-,:. in the same PLOT. In this system, one CROP SYSTEM is
part .f t,.f other crop's ENVIRONMENT. See also MIXED, PATCH,
RELAY and -2W INTtRCROPPING.



INTERCULTUWr

The growin- of annual crops under perennial crops.



INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Research ba.Ld on frequent interaction among those from different
discipline- relevant to the problem under study.



INTFRPLANTING

Plartting oF a crij into a growing stand of another crop.



ITERATIVE PROCFSS

An approach that involves repeating activities and calculations to
arrive at improved solutions through a series of successively
better approximations.



LAND EQUIVALENT RAlIO (LER)

The a'ea rnsded under SOLE CROPPING to produce the same amount of
a crop as one hectare of INTERCROPPIN? or MIXED CROPPING using the
same mana.ia,-ent pracLices and the san;e population pressures.


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