ReasoningEasy1 mark
8(b)
With reference to rice cultivation answer the following:
Why does the cultivation of rice require a lot of manual labour?
Topic: Rice cultivation
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Answer
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Nearly every stage is done by hand — the seedlings are raised and transplanted into the flooded fields, and the crop is harvested, threshed and winnowed by hand.
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