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8(b)
With reference to rice cultivation answer the following:
What is the advantage of growing rice in nurseries before it is transplanted?
Topic: Rice cultivation
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Only the healthy seedlings are carried to the field, the weeds are weeded out in the nursery itself, and far less seed is wasted.
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