the practice of growing several different crops or keeping several different types of animal on an area of land

Crop rotation and polyculture echo the way plants grow in a forest. 轮作和混合栽培的方式仿效森林中植物的生长方式。

an area of land on which several different crops are grown or several different types of animal are kept, or the crops grown or animals kept there

For polycultures, multiple crops are grown within the same area to mimic the natural ecosystem. 在混合栽培区，多种作物在同一区域生长，仿效自然生态系统。