Question

Why were Indian farmers reluctant to grow opium? (5 Marks)

Answer 1

1. crop had to be grown on the best fields that lay near village and were well manured on this land farmers usually produce pulses.if they planted opium on land then pulses could not be grown there.
2.many cultivators owned no land.to cultivate,they had to pay rents to landlords. rent charged on good lands near village was very high.
3.cultivation of opium was very difficult process .the plant was delicare,and cultivators had to spend long hours in nurturing get it due to which they were not having enough time to look after other crops.
4.thw the price the government paid to cultivators for opium they produced was very low.it was unprofitable for cultivators to grow opium at that prices.
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Answer 2

The Indian farmers were reluctant to grow opium because the cultivation of opium required the fertile land or the field where the Indian farmers raised the pulses. Therefore, for the cultivation of opium, farmers had to leave their production of pulses or would have to grow pulses on the land left after the cultivation of pulses. Additionally, the farming of opium required more care than the pulses. And the government paid a very low amount for opium as compared to the pulses. Hence, the Indian farmers were reluctant to grow opium.