1. People in Palampur practise multiple cropping, which is the practice of growing more than one crop on a plot of land. They grow three crops on their land during a year.
2. They are able to grow three crops because they have electricity and well-developed irrigation system. In the beginning, the tube wells were installed by the government and gradually many private tube wells were also installed.
3. Farmers in Palampur grow potato as a third crop.