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Give reasons : (i) Kulhads have been ...

Give reasons :
(i) Kulhads have been banned for serving tea on platform.
(ii) Decomposers are not included in any food chain.
(iii) Producers are transducers of energy.

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(i) As the top layer of soil is used up in making kulhads, it leads to infertility of the soil.
(ii) As decomposers, e.g., bacteria and fungi act on all trophic levels when the organisms occupying that level dies.
(iii) Producers are green plants, so they can convert solar energy into chemical energy in the form of food molecules.
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