Question

7. A few statements with respect to the farm in USA are given below. Pick out the one that is NOT true.

(a) The farmer generally resides in the farm

(b) The farmer does not store the produce and sells even when the markets are not favourable to them..

(c)The average size of farm in USA is much larger than that of an Indian farm.

(d) The farmer from time to time send soil samples to the laboratory to check the nutrients.​

Answer 1

Answer:

options B is the answer

Explanation:

B is absolutely a wrong statement

Answer 2

The incorrect option is (b)- The farmer does not store the produce and sells even when the markets are unfavourable to them.

• The agricultural systems of India and the United States of America vary to great extents, due to a multitude of reasons. While agriculture in India is labour-intensive, farming in the USA is capital-intensive.

• Since the USA has a lesser population and greater territorial area than India, it is imperative that the population density of the USA is significantly less compared to India. Hence, the number of people who work as landless labourers is very few since most of the farmers have large land holdings of their own, which they reside in for supervision. Hence option (a) is correct.

• Since the farmers are rich and make use of facilities like machines for processing the produce and excellent storage facilities for keeping the grain, they don't have to be in a hurry to sell their produce lest the grain goes bad. They can bargain for a good price before settling on a price they can agree to sell their produce for. The storage facilities grant them enough of a time window to do so. Hence, option (b) is incorrect.

• Since the population is less and the land available to own is more, it is true that the land holdings are larger in the USA, making the size of an average farm much bigger than that of an Indian farm. Hence option (c) is correct.

• Due to the state-of-the-art facilities, the wealth of the farmers and the farmers' struggle to sell a better product than his contemporaries, he engages in maintaining the quality of the soil on which he grows his crops. This is unlike the Indian scenario, where there is neither the facility nor the affordability of such services to Indian farmers. Hence option (d) is correct.

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