Rural Livelihoods Social Science - Rural Livelihoods

Which one of the following is the crop which is grown in the village?

How much Bachchu Manjhi earn per day?

People of Chizami village do _______ cultivation.

Giving water to the crop is known as:

There are people in the village provide _________ such as blacksmiths, nurses, teachers , washer men etc.

Terrace Farming is best for _______.

According to the chapter, Ramalingam, large farmer, in Kalpattu village borrowed money from government bank to start a ________.
 

People in many rural areas travel long distances, mainly, to _________.

An age- old economic activity in India is _______.

People prepare their land for growing paddy crop in the month of ___________.

Mining is a secondary occupation.

Poultry farmers keep fowl.

Farmers, agricultural labourers and fishing families are not able to work throughout the year, but factory workers can work throughout the year. True/ False

Setting up of schools is the work being carried out by people in the rural areas. True/ False

Mazdoors get daily wages.

Where does Thulasi work?

Out of every 5 rural families how many belong to the agricultural labourer's families in India?

Name the units of civic life.

What are the other source of income for farmers other than farming?

What is agriculture?

What do you think the government can do to help farmers like Sekar when they get into debt? Discuss.

Poor rural labourers like Thulasi often do not have access to good medical facilities, good schools, and other resources. You have read about inequality in the first unit of this text. The difference between her and Ramalingam is one of inequality. Do you think this is a fair situation? What do you think can be done? Discuss in class.

Imagine you are a member of a fishing family and you are discussing whether to take a loan from the bank for an engine. What would you say?

List the different types of people you read about in Kalpattu who depend on farming. Who is the poorest among them and why?

You have probably noticed that people in Kalpattu are engaged in a variety of non-farm work. List five of these.

List the main problems being faced by Indian farmers today.

Give any five causes for the backwardness of Indian agriculture.

What types of shops are located in the main street which looks a like.

Why do the poor people in rural areas spend time doing non-earning works?

Describe the causes for the growth of agricultural labourers.

Compare the situation of Sekar and Ramalingam by filling out the following table:

	Sekar	Ramalingam
Land cultivated
Labour required
Loans required
Selling of harvest
Other work done by them

Discuss the life of fishing communities during the period of 4 months of the monsoon.

Why had Thulasi and Raman to sell their cow?

Read the following account (terrace farming in Nagaland) and answer the questions that follow it:
Terrace Farming in Nagaland:
This is a village called Chizami which is in Phek district in Nagaland. The people of this village belong to the Chakhesang community. They do ‘terrace’ cultivation.

This means that the land on a hill slope is made into flat plots and carved out in steps. The sides of each plot are raised in order to retain water. This allows water to stand in the field, which is best for rice cultivation.
The people of Chizami have their own individual fields. But, they also work collectively in each other’s fields. They form groups of six or eight and take an entire mountainside to clean the weeds on it.
Each group eats together once their work for the day is over. This goes on for several days until the work is completed.

1. Which village is referred to in the picture above? Where is it located?
2. Which community do the villagers of this village belong to?
3. What type of farming do they practise?
4. For what is this practice the best?
5. Why do the people of Chizami work collectively?

Write some sentences on the? work of agriculture.