Water, a natural resource for production, particularly agricultural production, now requires greater capital for its use. Can you explain the statement?

Water, a natural resource for production, particularly agricultural production, now requires greater capital for its use. Can you explain the statement?

What are the main non-farm production activities taking place in your region? Write a brief report on anyone such activity.

Gosaipur and Majauli are two villages in North Bihar. Out of a total of 850 households in the two villages, there are more than 250 men who are employed in rural Punjab and Haryana or in Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Hyderabad or Nagpur. Such migration is common in most villages across India. Why do people migrate? Can you describe (based on your imagination and previous chapter) the work that the migrants of Gosaipurauli might do at the place of destination?

Talk to some elderly persons in your region and write a small report on the changes in irrigation and changes in production methods during the last 30 years.

The land is also required for the production of goods in an urban area. In what ways is the use of land different from a rural area?

Imagine a situation where labor is the scarce factor of production instead of land. Would story of Rampur be different? How? Discuss in class.

On what terms did Savita get a loan from Tejpal? Would Savita's condition be different if he could get a loan from the bank at a low rate of interest?

How do the medium and large farmers obtain capital for farming? How is it different from the small farmers?

What are the different ways of increasing production on the same piece of land? Use examples to explain.

Talk to two laborers from your region. Choose either farm laborers or laborers 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?