NCERT Solution: The Story of Village Palampur
Working Capital
1. Production activity is an economic activity which involves a production of a goods and services to satisfy the needs of people.
2. It is the process of manufacturing of some things.
3. In this process raw material is converted into finished goods.
4. Goods are converted in to more valuable goods
1. Multiple cropping is the method by which intensive use of the same piece of the land is possible.
2. To grow more than one crop on a piece of land during the year is known as multiple cropping.
3. It is most common way of increasing production a given piece of land.
4. By doing multiple cropping the yield per hectare increases and the farmers earn huge profit
1. India was transformed into a food surplus country.
2. India start exporting food grains to the international market.
3. Agro-based industries are also developed due to the green revolution.
4. It led to the development of agricultural tools and equipment manufacturing industries.
1. Land is natural resource and modern farming methods have over used the natural resource base.
2. Due to the use of modern farming methods the fertility of soil decreases.
3. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides are also responsible for the land degradation.
4. Due to over irrigation the ground water level is also decreasing.
5. There for it is necessary to take care of the environment to ensure sustainable development of agriculture.
1. Some portion of production is kept as a seed propose for the next year is the traditional seeds.
2. Traditional seeds give low yields.
3. It needs less irrigation.
4. These seeds are readily available with the farmer so they don’t have to buy them.
1. HYV seeds are High Yielding varieties.
2. These are prepared after a great research by the agricultural scientists.
3. The HYV seeds give high yield.
4. They need plenty of water and fertilizers.
1. Traditional seeds are used.
2. For irrigation depend upon monsoon.
3. Wooden tools and equipment are used.
4. Bullock carts are used to plough land.
5. The production is done for family use.
6. Manure and cow dung is used to increase the fertility of soil.