The Story of Palampur

Tools and buildings are an example of Fixed capital Working capital Human capital the average size of the land holding of the farmers in Palampur is 1 hectare 2 to 5 hectares less than 2 hectares Read the text and fill the exact words in the blanks The main reason why farmers are able to grow three different crops in a year is due to the well developed system of irrigation. Electricity came early to Palampur. Its major impact was to transform the system of irrigation. Persian wheels were used till then by the farmers. People saw that the electric run tube wells could irrigate much larger areas of land. Match the following Drag the cursor to the correct answer. Kharif summer cropping working capital raw materials Rabi winter cropping Fixed capital Machines Read the text and fill in the blanks. Most small farmers have to borrow moneyto arrange for capital. They borrow from large farmers or money lenders or traders. The rate of intereston such loans is very high. In contrast, the medium and large farmers have their own savingsfrom farming. They are thus able to arrange for the capitalneeded. What are the drawbacks of Green revolution. Write two points. Green Revolution HYV seeds,irrigation ,fertilisers Grow more crops Multiple cropping Labour in Palampur Landless farmers Non farming activity Dairy