what was nij cultivation ? identify its problem
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WITHIN THE SYSTEM OF NIJ CULTIVATION, THE PLANTER PRODUCED INDIGO IN LANDS THAT HE DIRECTLY CONTROLLED. HE EITHER BOUGHT THE LAND OR RENTED IT FROM OTHER ZAMINDARS AND PRODUCED INDIGO BY DIRECTLY EMPLOYING HIRED LABOURERS.
THE PROBLEM: THE PLANTERS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO EXPAND THE AREA UNDER NIJ CULTIVATION. INDIGO COULD ONLY BE PRODUCED IN FERTILE LANDS AND THESE WERE DENSELY POPULATED.PLANTERS NEEDED LARGE AREAS IN COMPACT BULLOCKS TO CULTIVATE INDIGO IN PLANTATIONS. NIJ CULTIVATION ON A LARGE SCALE ALSO REQUIRED MANY PLOUGHS AND BULLOCKS.NOR THE SUPPLY BE EASILY GOT FROM THE PEASANTS SINCE THEIR PLOUGHS AND BULLOCKS WERE BUSY ON THEIR RICE FIELDS, AGAIN EXACTLY AT THE TIME THAT THE INDIGO PLANTERS NEEDED THEM.