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Question
Briefly discuss the transplanting method of cultivation.
Solution
In the transplanting method seedlings are sown in small carefully prepared plots. When’the seedlings are 15 cm high they are uprooted carefully by hand in small bunches and carried to well prepared fields where they are transplanted at regular intervals. After transplantation water is supplied regularly till the plants become mature. Harvesting is done when rice are nearly ripe. All this work is done by hand.
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