Villagers won't pick up seeds or farm crops.

Did this start after the update on an existing world?

..maybe? I'm not aware of any updates that have installed since I made the world, but I'll make a new world and see if the problem persists..

Only brown robed villagers can farm to my knowledge

I just updated from 1.2.9 to 1.2.10 and I'm not having this issue.

I just got 1.2.10 as well, made a new map and farmers work properly again.

Is Mob Griefing turned off?
Mob Griefing affects creeper blasts and villagers too.

mincaft XB1 X Version 1.2.10.... MY issue isnt Villagers not picking up crops, the issue is having the villager farm the crop any ways, they start out harvesting, but then after a short time, they quit, i would then stand back and harvest rather break the fully grown crop my case potatoes, the villager rushes over and picks the crop up and replants said crop. then wanders around, after waiting and playing around near by. well with in the 4 chunks of simulation area that was changed to 10. before starting. i noticed all crops were full grown and the villager wasnt visually holding potatoes or any other crop. i proceeded to once again break the crop standing back with a inventory full of blocks to be sure i wouldn't pick up any crops, Villager rushed over picked up the crop and replanted. i did this process 4 times. checked settings to insure mob griefing is on. discovered that survival, cheats off, you cannot change this setting. so villagers wont harvest fully grown crops

For the potato farm are you using a hungry villager for him to throw food at? All of my crop farms are working on 1.2.10

Just for curiosity, are your villagers name-tagged? I noticed that when villagers are name-tagged they stop farming. I found this out from testing a separate bug, but I haven't actually written one up because I didn't have enough details.

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