A lot of farming techniques have been abandoned because they were too labour-intensive.

许多农业技术因过于劳动密集而被放弃了。

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Much of the farming is labour-intensive, often done with horses rather than tractors and all of the picking and selection is by hand.

多数种植仍采用劳动密集型的人工种植法，往往以马匹替代拖拉机，从挑选、采摘都由手工完成。

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If Africa cannot rely on textiles alone, it might try boosting labour-intensive farming instead.

ECONOMIST: Trade and development

Martin Ruhs, director of the Oxford Migration Observatory, suggests it may be time for Britain to let its more labour-intensive farming slide.

ECONOMIST: Seasonal farm workers