06-23-2004, 12:40 PM
>AP - Punjab
Punjab , land terrain is plain , has cannals so proper irrigation is easier to implement, the part of AP I have seen is more of is beautiful boulders but I have not cris-crossed it.
One thing I can say is any abive average jathedar in Punjab gets more pesticide as "sample" than what some UP farmer buys in one season. So Punjab/Haryana being the winner so to say gets more commerical support , naturally the Pesticides/Bio-neutirnts selling companies work closely with institiutes like HAU and PAU.
Punjabi farmer is willing to experiment to , if you are from Okay Pesticide company and want to do demonstration you will easily get part of patta to do you demonstration for a season , but in places like UP land holding are so small at times that its terrible. Many still use ox for tilling , though Terai is different story with Pantnagar Agricultural Institue in Pithorgarh. That area is full of "Jugnoos" <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> ( Fire flies ).
Punjabi farmers have one problem , next generation wants to go to Angland , Kanaadaa onlee, in many places entire manual workforce comprises of ppl from UP and Bihar . Many of these are actually educated and hold degrees like Master of Political Science!
Remember Punjab/Haryana has given us "Kinoo" ever eaten one ? its a version of Orange I guess.
> Have you ever been to Punjab?
I have , I have even watered the fieldis " Panni Lanaa hai , Aj Rati Sadi Bari hai" <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> ( if you know punjabi)
Good experience onlee. Easy going / fun loving / most humourous community I have ever come across , only Mallu's come near to them in being humourous .. is N3 mallu ..
City Punjabi is much different from the one from the Pind , guess pressures of Rat Race change everybhody!
One more thing abt Punjab is that , supporting industry is also in same area , so if you have rice production , then there are rice mills, cotton spinning mills , oil mills etc etc ..so things like "Bullet Enfields" , Marootis , VCD etc etc sell like hotcake.
May the Punjabi live happily and humourly!
Maharashtrian farmers can be divided between Vidharbh ( Good ) , Marathwada ( sorry state no water - depend entirly on Sugar Mill Mafia - no water - terrain is sort of plateu ) ,and are like Daun , Ahemednagar ( Grapes/oranges/Bananas.. ) , all in all Maharastrian farmer irrespective of hiss earning leads a very frugal life doesnt spend like Harayana/Punjab , still can see "Rajdoots" and the likes.
> once a cannal was built (ganganagar ?)
Indira Gandhi Canal renamed from Rajasthan Canal , it has *totally* transformed that area Place like Jalore etc are GREEN. Major corruption , contractor (OBC mostly) never paid the labourer ( farmers whose land only produces only when it rains (Barmer/Jaiselmaer/Bikaner) properly , grain ( wheat etc ) which was to be as part payments was divereted to Atta Mills and pvt markets
Construction was bad , seepage has resulted in vast portion of adjoing land being totally rendered useless.
There is simialr problem in Muktsar / Mansa / Bathinda belt , water table is so high that some state roads are like sitting in see saw while driving. 3 Feet digging brings water.
In AP I guess there is very big holding and then very small holdings.
Okay , will end here, my post has less data and more nostalgia.
Punjab , land terrain is plain , has cannals so proper irrigation is easier to implement, the part of AP I have seen is more of is beautiful boulders but I have not cris-crossed it.
One thing I can say is any abive average jathedar in Punjab gets more pesticide as "sample" than what some UP farmer buys in one season. So Punjab/Haryana being the winner so to say gets more commerical support , naturally the Pesticides/Bio-neutirnts selling companies work closely with institiutes like HAU and PAU.
Punjabi farmer is willing to experiment to , if you are from Okay Pesticide company and want to do demonstration you will easily get part of patta to do you demonstration for a season , but in places like UP land holding are so small at times that its terrible. Many still use ox for tilling , though Terai is different story with Pantnagar Agricultural Institue in Pithorgarh. That area is full of "Jugnoos" <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> ( Fire flies ).Punjabi farmers have one problem , next generation wants to go to Angland , Kanaadaa onlee, in many places entire manual workforce comprises of ppl from UP and Bihar . Many of these are actually educated and hold degrees like Master of Political Science!
Remember Punjab/Haryana has given us "Kinoo" ever eaten one ? its a version of Orange I guess.
> Have you ever been to Punjab?
I have , I have even watered the fieldis " Panni Lanaa hai , Aj Rati Sadi Bari hai" <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> ( if you know punjabi)Good experience onlee. Easy going / fun loving / most humourous community I have ever come across , only Mallu's come near to them in being humourous .. is N3 mallu ..
City Punjabi is much different from the one from the Pind , guess pressures of Rat Race change everybhody!
One more thing abt Punjab is that , supporting industry is also in same area , so if you have rice production , then there are rice mills, cotton spinning mills , oil mills etc etc ..so things like "Bullet Enfields" , Marootis , VCD etc etc sell like hotcake.
May the Punjabi live happily and humourly!
Maharashtrian farmers can be divided between Vidharbh ( Good ) , Marathwada ( sorry state no water - depend entirly on Sugar Mill Mafia - no water - terrain is sort of plateu ) ,and are like Daun , Ahemednagar ( Grapes/oranges/Bananas.. ) , all in all Maharastrian farmer irrespective of hiss earning leads a very frugal life doesnt spend like Harayana/Punjab , still can see "Rajdoots" and the likes.
> once a cannal was built (ganganagar ?)
Indira Gandhi Canal renamed from Rajasthan Canal , it has *totally* transformed that area Place like Jalore etc are GREEN. Major corruption , contractor (OBC mostly) never paid the labourer ( farmers whose land only produces only when it rains (Barmer/Jaiselmaer/Bikaner) properly , grain ( wheat etc ) which was to be as part payments was divereted to Atta Mills and pvt markets
Construction was bad , seepage has resulted in vast portion of adjoing land being totally rendered useless.
There is simialr problem in Muktsar / Mansa / Bathinda belt , water table is so high that some state roads are like sitting in see saw while driving. 3 Feet digging brings water.
In AP I guess there is very big holding and then very small holdings.
Okay , will end here, my post has less data and more nostalgia.