Multiple Choice
After joining the Peace Corps,your assignment is to help spread good agricultural practices to people living in the humid tropics.After receiving training,you tell the local farmers to
A) use oxen or mules to deep plow and turn the soil to bring deep nutrients to the surface.
B) dig deeper wells to bring up water reserves that will triple the productivity of their fields.
C) start a water catchment,apply manure and mulch to their fields and avoid tilling the soil if possible.
D) shift to crops such as rice,which are more resistant to the natural pests and parasites.
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