Answer:
The farmers of Palampur are able
to grow more crops from the same land as
(i) They follow multiple
cropping. They grow at least two main crops. Many of them also grow vegetables
as thirdcrop.
(ii) There is a well-developed
system of irrigation in Palampur that enables the farmers there to grow three different
crops in a year.
(iii) Electricity came early to
Palampur. It has played a pivotal role in transformation of the irrigation
system in village Palampur. Soon the old and existing Persian wheels were
replaced by electric run tubewells which
could irrigate much larger areas
of land.
(iv) Modem farming methods and
Green Revolution introduced HYV seeds.
(v) Effective use of HYVs,
chemical fertilisers and modern agricultural technologies resulted in better
agricultural yield from same land in
Palampur. (5)
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