USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the RBI, a ‘Marginal Farmer’ is a farmer who cultivates up to 1 hectare of agricultural land (as an owner, renter, or sharecropper) (2.5 acres). A farmer farming agricultural land of more than 1 hectare and up to 2 hectares (as owner, renter, or sharecropper) is referred to as a “small farmer” (5 acres).

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Sekar the problems of small farmers in rural areas are enumerated as under: The farmer’s family does the whole work from sowing to harvesting of crops. They have to take the produce to their house. They have to sell the produce first to the moneylender at lower prices than the market prices.