Many rural people themselves belive that

• Hybrid varieties are more healthy than the traditional ones.

• Hybrid varieties are less healthy than the traditional ones.

• a and b both statements are correct

• Many rural people criticised hybrid varities of seeds for their low productivity.

Write a short note on Raiyatwari system of colonial period.

Write a short note on farmers' suicide from 1997 to 2006.

What are the main objective behind land reforms in India?

What were the objectives of land reforms after Independence?

What was the objective behind fixing ceiling on land holdings?

What do you understand by land reforms?

Visit a construction site in your neighbourhood, a brickyard, or other such place where you are likely to find migrant workers. Find out where the workers come from. How are they recruited from their home villages, who is the ‘mukadam’? If they are from rural areas, find out about their lives in their villages and why they have to migrate to find work?

Visit you local fruit-seller, and ask her/him about the fruits she/he sells, where they come from, and their prices. Find out what has happened to the prices of local products after fruits began to be imported from outside of India (such as apples from Australia). Are there any imported fruits that are cheaper than Indian fruits.

Collect information and write a report on the environmental situation in rural India.Examples of topics; pesticides, declining water table, impact of prawn farming in coastal areas salination of soil and water logging in canal irrigated areas: loss of biodiversity. Possible source: State of India’s Environment Reports: Reports from Centre for Science or Development Down to Earth.

Hindi and regional languages films were often set in rural areas. Think of a film set in rural India and describe the agrarian society and culture that is shown in it. How realistic do you think the portrayal is? Have you seen any recent film set in rural areas? If not how would you explain it?