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In Palampur, there was an unequal distribution of land among farmers. Unequal distribution of land means small farmers had a small size of the field (say less than 2 hectares) or no land to cultivate whereas large farmers had a large size of the field (say more than 2 hectares) for cultivation.

Small farmers used to cultivate usually for self-consumption or some amount of portion for selling. They did not have much capital for buying the inputs. Therefore, they used to use traditional methods of production of crops as they were cheap compared to modern methods of production. This reduced the productivity of the land of small farmers whereas large farmers used to use modern methods which increased the productivity of their land in return increasing their return.