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Question
Give a geographical reason:
In developed countries, the percentage of the population engaged in agriculture is low.
Solution
- In developed countries, there is the development of industries, infrastructure, and trade.
- Therefore, more people are engaged in secondary, tertiary, and quaternary activities.
- These countries replace human labour with machinery. So agricultural activities can be carried out with minimum people and can use machinery.
- Therefore, the percentage of the population engaged in agriculture is low in developed countries.
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