There are three main reasons to pick up fallen fruit:
1. To break pest life cycles;
2. To reduce soil-retained diseases;
3. To deter an influx of wasps and stinging insects.
Rather than pick up fallen fruit by hand, animals can be used to graze fallen fruit. This food-source is a means of nutrition for the animal, reduces work for the farmer, and allows the soil to gain fertilizer from droppings.
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