Question

why were the indian farmers reluctant to grow opium? explain any 5 reasons

Answer 1

They were forced to grow opium as because the britishers were telling them to grow it otherwise theywill suffer intolerable punishment

Answer 2

The Indian farmers were reluctant to grow opium for various reasons:

1. 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. This resulted in the bad harvesting for pulses.

2. Many cultivators had no land therefore, they had to cultivate land by paying high rent.  

3. As opium was a sensitive crop it required more care than any other crop, therefore, farmers had to spend long hours looking after the crop.

4. The government paid a very low price for opium as compared to the pulses.

5. The cultivators found this crop unprofitable.