Farming

Farmers help us by producing food.

What is the artificial waterway for irrigation?

(Choose from- dam, canal, field)

Farmers labour is hidden in the food we eat. What is your opinion on this.

Where do farmers of the village get seeds from?

Read the information given below. Try to understand the three categories of the farmers.

You have read the information. Now, match characters in the information with the correct words.

Read the famous poem (in Kannada) written by Rastrakavi Kuvempu. In this poem, words like Uluva yogi (the person who ploughs), annava dudivane thyagi (the person who sacrifices himself and produces food) have been used. Can you guess who he is?

A number of steps have been taken to solve the problems of small scale farmers.

Example:

• Monetary aid through bank loans.
• Irrigation facilities through canals.

Apart from these, many more solutions have been provided to these farmers. Make a list of them with the help of your teacher.

With the help of your teacher make a list of solutions for the problems of farm labourers.

Think about the solutions for the problems of the farm labourers.

There are many helpers in the field of large scale farmers. Why?

From which part do new plant grow in the following plant?  

Garlic

What is the underground stem of an onion plant called? 

How does food reach our plate? 

Unscramble USNLFOEWR to obtain a plant that gives us cooking oil. 

Name the following.

Seeds of a plant used to make oil.

You have read about many kinds of farmers in different lessons in this book. Fill the table.

What are the similarities and differences in the lives of different kinds of farmers?

What kind of place did your friend's family live in? How do they find this new place compared to the old one? 

Why did it become impossible to feed everyone in the family by farming alone?

According to Mallesh, is farming a good or a bad profession? Why?