why were Indian farmers reluctant to grow opium?
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The Indian farmers were reluctant to grow opium because
1) The poppy crop had to be grown on the best land which lay near the village and were very well manured. Usually these lands were used for growing pulses. If opium was grown on fertile and well manured land then pulses would have to be grown on inferior lands, then the crops would be below the required standards.
2) Most of the cultivators did not own land. they had to pay high rent to the land owners. to acquire good quality land on lease. This impoverished the peasants.
3) Cultivation of poppy was a very difficult process. The cultivators had to spend long hours on cultivation of poppy for nurturing the poppy plants as the poppy plant was so delicate.They were left with no time to care for other crops.
4) The price that the government was paying to the cultivators for growing poppy was extremely low and unprofitable.
5) Once opium is grown on a piece of land, no other crop could be grown on it.
1) The poppy crop had to be grown on the best land which lay near the village and were very well manured. Usually these lands were used for growing pulses. If opium was grown on fertile and well manured land then pulses would have to be grown on inferior lands, then the crops would be below the required standards.
2) Most of the cultivators did not own land. they had to pay high rent to the land owners. to acquire good quality land on lease. This impoverished the peasants.
3) Cultivation of poppy was a very difficult process. The cultivators had to spend long hours on cultivation of poppy for nurturing the poppy plants as the poppy plant was so delicate.They were left with no time to care for other crops.
4) The price that the government was paying to the cultivators for growing poppy was extremely low and unprofitable.
5) Once opium is grown on a piece of land, no other crop could be grown on it.
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The farmers were reluctant to grow opium because of the following reasons:
1) The colonialists asked them to replace food crops with a cash crop, which was not ideal for them as the farmers were used to keeping a part of the produce for their yearly food requirement.
2) They had to work on low wages and pay high land rents and taxes.
3) Vast stretches of land would be required and the commensurate yield was poor when compared to food crops.
1) The colonialists asked them to replace food crops with a cash crop, which was not ideal for them as the farmers were used to keeping a part of the produce for their yearly food requirement.
2) They had to work on low wages and pay high land rents and taxes.
3) Vast stretches of land would be required and the commensurate yield was poor when compared to food crops.
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