How are agricultural labourers different from other types of farmers?
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Answer:
Farmers are the persons who are engaged in agricultural activities and produce crops in some piece of land. ... Their land can be cultivated by themselves or by labourers hired by them. Farm Labourers: Farm labourers are the persons who work for the owner of the land in the fields and produce crops.
Explanation:
Agriculture Labourer: A person who works on another person's land for wages in money or kind or share is regarded as an agricultural labourer. She or he has no risk in the cultivation, but merely works on another person's land for wages. An agricultural labourer has no right of lease or contract on land on which she/he works.
Farmer or Cultivator: For purposes of the census a person is classified as cultivator if he or she is engaged in cultivation of land owned or held from Government or held from private persons or institutions for payment in money, kind or share. Cultivation includes effective supervision or direction in cultivation. A person who has given out her/his land to another person or persons or institution(s) for cultivation for money, kind or share of crop and who does not even supervise or direct cultivation of land, is not treated as cultivator. Similarly, a person working on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or a combination of both (agricultural labourer) is not treated as cultivator.