Which one of the following best describes the concept of 'Small Farmer Large Field'?
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Answer: B. 'Small Farmer Large Field' is a model where many small and marginal farmers in an area form a group and carry out key farm operations together, such as sowing, buying inputs and marketing. This gives them the benefits of a large farm while each farmer keeps their own land.
Watch for: Contract farming also involves many small farmers, but here the farmers organize themselves, without a company in charge.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because it is not a resettlement scheme for war refugees.
- C. Wrong because farmers do not surrender land to a company; they keep ownership.
- D. Wrong because that describes contract farming, not this model.
Source to check: NITI Aayog / Ministry of Agriculture discussions on farmer collectives; Kerala Small Farmer Large Field paddy programme documents
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