suggest ways to create employment opportunities in rural areas
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1.improving irrigation facilities and building dams. This will help in enhancing the productivity.
2.provide basic inputs-the government can increase the productivity by providing modern inputs like hyv seeds,harvester etc.
3.provide cheap credit-starting cooperatives or opening banks should be done. They will provide money to the farmers for the initial production cost.
4.allied agriculture activities like pisciculture,agriculture should be encouraged. It will help to create more employment.
5.starting cottage industries and small processing units.this will help to increase employment.
6.storage facilities-this will help farmers to store their produce and sell it when the price is good.
(i) Improve irrigation facilities, so that farmers harvest two or three crops in a year. Thus, more people can be employed.
(it) More dams should be built on rivers, so that more water can be provided to small farmers to increase the number of crops grown annually.
(iii) Provide better roads and improve transportation and storage, which will benefit small farmers and many people will be employed in these sectors.
(iv) Honey collection centres and vegetable and fruit processing units should be set-up.
(v) More cottage industries and services should be
promoted in rural areas with soft loans and marketing support.