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When do you crop like cocoa, plantain intercropped is better off to start with manual weeding in other to enjoy the sweat of your work .
We are going to look at the advantages and disadvantages of both
1. Advantages of manual weeding
1. The topsoil are not tampered at any level of land preparation
2. The exercise is far cheaper compared to mechanical means
3. It's a means of creating employment opportunities for the youth

Disadvantages of manual method
1. Availablity of man power is becoming a serious treat to this methods
2. It time consuming

Advantages of mechanical.means
1. Cover a lot of workload within short period of time
Disadvantages of mechanical.means
1. It far expensive compared to manual
2. Can only be operated by a skill workers
3. It causes leaching of the soil
4.it increase soil bulk density
5. It destroy the soil profile

See primary sch reasoning

Yes to you, am telling you what you don't really understand about crop production.
Manual is better of mechanical means .

Do you really understand the effect of mechanical on the soil and there after . Doing you findings .
Bulldozing is not part of agricultural practises bro.