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How were pastoralists' animals a resource rather than only a burden for farmers' fields?

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Correct answer: They increased soil fertility by manure

Pastoral animals were useful to farmers because they supplied manure. When herds stayed on or near fields after cultivation or harvest, their dung could mix with the soil and add organic matter. This helped maintain soil fertility and supported future crop growth. Thus, animals were not merely a problem that occupied land or damaged crops; when managed through customary arrangements, they were an important agricultural resource.

Option A is correct because manure is a direct connection between livestock and farming. Options B, C and D are either exaggerated, unrelated or impossible: animals did not always burn crops, sea salt was not their relevant product, and they certainly did not turn fields into stone. The key idea is that pastoralists and cultivators could cooperate. Farmers could provide crop residues or access to fields, while animals returned value through manure and sometimes other services.

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