☰
The Story Of Village Palampur
Talk to some old residents in your region and write a short report on the changes in irrigation and changes in production methods during the last 30 years.
I talked to some of old residents in many regions and found that before 30 years there was no irrigation facilities in this region.
Agriculture was merely depended on rain. Method of production was also traditional, there was no use of HYV techniques and hence production yield was very low.
But now-a-days in the region with the Government's efforts people use various types of irrigation methods and HYV techniques such as seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides etc. and production has increased many-fold in the region.
Sponsor Area
Every village in India is surveyed once in ten years during the Census and some of details are presented in the following format. Fill up the following based on information on Palampur.
FACILITIES:
|
Educational |
|
|
Medical |
|
|
Market |
|
|
Electricity Supply |
|
|
Communication |
|
|
Nearest Town |
Modern farming methods require more inputs which are manufactured in industry. Do you agree?
How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?
Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why?
Construct a table on the distribution of land among the 450 families of Palampur.
Why are the wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages?
In your region, talk to two labourers. Choose either farm labourers or labourers working at construction sites. What wages do they get? Are they paid in cash or kind? Do they get work regularly? Are they in debt?
What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain.
Describe the work of a farmer with one hectare of land.
How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different from the small farmers?
Sponsor Area
Sponsor Area