why were peasants in the 19th century unwilling to cultivate opium in india.
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Opium is a highly addictive narcotic drug acquired in the dried latex form from the opium poppy .
Peasants were unwilling to cultivate opium because :
1.opium crop had to be grown on best land i.e. well manured.
2.on this land farmers ususually produced pulses. If they planted opium on this land, then pulses could not be grown there.
3. Many cultivators owned no land, to cultivate they had to payrent and lease land from land lords.
Peasants were unwilling to cultivate opium because :
1.opium crop had to be grown on best land i.e. well manured.
2.on this land farmers ususually produced pulses. If they planted opium on this land, then pulses could not be grown there.
3. Many cultivators owned no land, to cultivate they had to payrent and lease land from land lords.
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The peasants were unwilling to cultivate opium primarily because it led to the enrichment of the British rulers, while they languished with very low remunerations, and opium cultivation had to be undertaken, under pressure, on lands where food crops were traditionally grown to meet the peasants' food requirements.
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