FARMERS

A PERSON WHO CULTIVATES LAND

OR CROPS
INDEX
 DEFINITION OF FARMERS
 TYPES OF FARMER

 DEFINITION OF BIG FARMERS

 DEFINITION OF MARGINAL FARMERS

 DEFINITION OF TENANT FARMERS

 COLLAGE ON FARMERS
 A  FARMER (ALSO CALLED AN AGRICULTURER) IS
FARMERS
A PERSON ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE , RAISING
LIVING ORGANISMS FOR FOOD OR RAW
MATERIALS. THE TERM USUALLY APPLIES TO
PEOPLE WHO DO SOME COMBINATION OF
RAISING
FIELD CROPS, ORCHARDS, VINEYARD, POULTRY
OR OTHER  LIVESTOCK . A FARMER MIGHT OWN
THE FARMED LAND OR MIGHT WORK AS A
LABORER ON LAND OWNED BY OTHERS, BUT IN
ADVANCED ECONOMIES, A FARMER IS USUALLY
A FARM OWNER, WHILE EMPLOYEES OF THE
FARM ARE KNOWN AS FARM WORKERS, OR
FARMHAND.
TYPES OF FARMERS

marginal
big tenant

farmer
 BIG FARMERS

BIG FARMERS ARE PEOPLE WHO

OWN BIG FARM LANDS . THEY
CULTIVATE THOUSANDS OF CROPS .
BIG FARMERS ARE MOSTLY FOUND
IN PUNJAB AND HARYANA BIG
FARMERS USE VERY BIG TYPES OF
MACHINERY TO GROW THEIR CROPS.
THEY MAINLY GROW SUNFLOWER
AND JOWAR.
 MARGINAL FARMERS
WE DEFINE MARGINAL FARMERS AS THOSE
WHO ARE ‘FARMING YET HUNGRY
THESE ARE PEOPLE FOR WHOM FARMING IS A
MAJOR LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITY,
YET WHO HAVE INSUFFICIENT ASSETS TO
PRODUCE A SURPLUS FROM THEIR
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND WHOSE NON-
FARM ACTIVITIES ARE
INSUFFICIENTLY RELIABLE OR REMUNERATIVE
FOR THEM TO RELY ON MARKET
PURCHASES FOR ADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE. THIS
GROUP , DISTANT FROM CENTRE OF
POWER AND INFLUENCE, HAS LONG
SUFFERED NEGLECT BY
POLICY MAKERS. MARGINAL FARMERS
ARE FOUND IN ANDHRA , GUNTUR
DISTRICT, NANDIGAMA, EASTERN INDIA
FARMERS MOSTLY GROW CROPS OF
THEIR NEED LIKE CAULIFLOWERS
AND SPICES.
 TENANT
FARMERS
A TENANT FARMER IS ONE WHO RESIDES ON
LAND OWNED BY A  LANDLORD. TENANT
FARMING IS AN  AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
SYSTEM IN WHICH LANDOWNERS
CONTRIBUTE THEIR LAND AND OFTEN A
MEASURE OF OPERATING CAPITAL AND
MANAGEMENT WHILE TENANT FARMERS
CONTRIBUTE THEIR LABOR ALONG WITH AT
TIMES VARYING AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL AND
MANAGEMENT. DEPENDING ON
ON THE CONTRACT,
TENANTS CAN MAKE PAYMENTS
TO THE OWNER EITHER OF A
FIXED PORTION OF THE PRODUCT,
IN CASH OR IN A COMBINATION IN
SOME SYSTEMS, THE TENANT
COULD BE WHIM IN OTHERS, THE
LANDOWNER AND TENANT SIGN
A CONTRACT FOR A FIXED
NUMBER OF YEARS.
INDIAN FARMERS
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