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| Task | Stages |
|---|---|
| Ploughing | by hand, by animal |
| Sowing | decanting of stored seed, seed dispersed by hand from a basket or a sack |
| Tilling | by hand, by animal |
| Fertilisation | 'accidental' fertilisation from grazing, manuring, fallow field rotation and green manuring |
| Harvest | cutting of the crop (by hand), initial processing (sizing), bundling/tying, threshing, winnowing, crop collection, storage |
| Transport | from field to processing site, from processing site to filling station, from filling station to waystation, to residence for use or residence for storage/market |
| Risk Mitigation | storage for sowing, storage for consumption, storage of tools, fertilisation, water resources, boundary definition, pest control, religion |
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