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What motivates many South Americans to move from rural to urban areas?

1.irrigation
2.the fact that mechanized agriculture has replaced manual labor
3.plantation farming
4.subsistence agriculture

User Tom Kur
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Answer:

2. The fact that mechanized agriculture has replaced manual labor.

Step-by-step explanation:

The forces of repulsion act when the socioeconomic processes of a society drive the population away from the countryside. The main factors that cause this repulsive force are:

  • Land concentration: low availability of productive land for the poor. Large areas of fertile land are concentrated in the hands of few landowners;
  • Low wages: The income of rural workers, especially on third-party properties and large estates, tends to be very low;
  • Mechanization of the field: the great tecnological advances made in agriculture caused several jobs to become extinct.
User Ahmed Khattab
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The answer is 2. The fact that mechanized agriculture has replaced manual labor. Hope this helps :)
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