Chapter-2

People as resource

1. Introduction

    a. Definition, general concept meaning

2. Economics activities by man and women

                   Primary sector

Ø Agriculture

Ø Forestry

Ø Animal husbandry

Ø Fishing

Ø Mining and querying

 

Secondary sector

Ø Manufacturing

 

Tertiary sector

Ø Trade

Ø Transport

Ø Communication

Ø Banking

Ø Service and insurance

 

Non-economics activities

Ø Production of goods

Ø Services, including government services

3. Quality of population

    a. Education

    b. Health

4. Unemployment

    a. Meaning

    b. Types

        Ø Rural unemployment

           ü Seasonal unemployment

           ü Disguised unemployment

        Ø Urban unemployment

           ü Educated unemployment

Chapter-1

The story of village palampur

1. Introduction

2. Farming in palampur

3. Farming activites

   a. Multiple cropping

   b. Modern methods

        I. HYV seeds. Fertilizer, pesticides, farm machinery

       II. Irrigation (dams, cannals, pumps sets)

4. Nonfarm activities in palampur

    a. Dairy (the other common actives)

    b. Small-scale manufacturing in palampur

    c. The shopkeeper

    d. Transport

 

Farming in Palampur

 

1. Land is Fixed

75 % of people depend on farming. Since 1960 there has been no expansion in land area under cultivation. No further scope to increase farm production. Land is fixed for agriculture in the village. Bigha, guintha etc. are the local standard units of measuring land in hectares in the villages of India. One hectare equals the area of a square with one side measuring 100 meters.

 

 

2. Is there a way one can grow more from the same Land

 

Kharif crops like jowar, Bajra are grown in rainy seasons. These plants are grown as cattle feed. It is followed by cultivation of potato between October and December. In the winter season, rabi crops like wheat, sugar cane are grown. Sugar cane is grown in the village on one part of the land and jaggery is produced and sold in Raiganj. The villagers can grow more crops because they are having the facilities of electricity, well developed system of irrigation etc.. All the farmers in the village grow more than one crop. Many grow potato as the third crop in their field.
 
a. Multiple Cropping

To grow more than one crop in the same field is known as multiple cropping. This system gives high yield. . For example: Wheat – bajra – potato.