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प्रश्न
Visit a farm near your area. Observe and talk to the people there. Write a report.
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उत्तर
One of my friends has a farm on the outskirts of the city. There is a big house at one edge of the farm. The house has a big courtyard. There is a tractor, a threshing machine, and many small farm types of equipment kept outside the house. There are 5-6 people who live permanently at my friend’s farm.
They have been working on this farm for the last many years. At present, the whole farm is full of mustard crops. It presents a beautiful landscape of yellow and green colors. There is a small orchard also on the farm. It has trees of many fruits like mango, guava, pomegranate, lemon, etc. I can also see many packets of synthetic fertilizers kept in the farmhouse. There are some jars of insecticides kept in a comer.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In your house what is done to protect grains and pulses from insects?
Talk to the elders in your family and find out if there were some special foods cooked earlier that are not cooked anymore?
Can you recognize these grains?
What kind of progress would you like to see in your area?
The seeds were not sure that what Hasmukh was talking about was really progress. What do you feel?
What can you see in each picture on the next page?
In picture 2 you can see the bajra cobs in the mortar (okhli, used for crushing). The cobs are crushed with a pestle (moosli) and the seeds are separated from the cob. You can see the separated seeds in picture 3. Now this work is also done by big machines, like threshers. We call both these different ‘technologies’ – using our hands or big machines – to crush the seeds.
What technology could have been used to cut the stem in picture 1? What do you think is being done in the grinder (chakki ) in picture 4? What ways (technologies) would have been used to do the work shown in pictures 5 and 6? You can see that the dough is ready in picture 6. When do you think a sieve (chhalni ) would have been used? Discuss each step in detail, in any language you wish to use.
There have been many changes over time, in our food. What can this mean? Use the seed story and what you know from your elders to explain.
What would happen if all the farmers were to use only one kind of seed and grow only one kind of crop?
What do you think is being done in the grinder (chakki) in picture 4?
What ways (technologies) would have been used to do the work shown in pictures 5 and 6? You can see that the dough is ready in picture 6. When do you think a sieve (chhalni) would have been used? Discuss each step in detail, in any language you wish to use.
