ReasoningEasy1 mark
9(iii)
Give one reason to explain each of the following:
Cotton cultivation requires plenty of cheap labour.
Topic: Cotton cultivation
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Answer
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Sowing, weeding and above all the picking and ginning of cotton are done by hand, so the crop needs a large and cheap workforce.
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