In this article we will discuss about the condition of agriculture in India during the medieval age. As at present, even during the medieval times India was predominantly an agricultural country. The people produced sufficient to meet their requirements and were self-sufficient, except during famines, or other natural calamities. Usually in normal times the peasants produced much more than were [...]
Read this article to learn about Commercialisation of Agriculture:- 1. Meaning of Commercialisation of Agriculture 2. Phases of Commercialisation of Afgriculture 3. Causes 4. Consequences. Commercialisation of Agriculture # Meaning: By commercialisation of agriculture we mean production of agricultural crops for sale in the market, rather than for family consumption. For marketization of agricultural products thus 'surplus' of production over [...]
One hundred years of colonial revenue policy of the British East India Company made the entire Indian peasantry impoverished and indebted to unscrupulous moneylenders and bankers. It is all because of the high incidence of land revenue fixed and imposed by the British, existence of many intermediaries between the cultivator and the state, subdivision and fragmentation of landholdings and pressure [...]