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- They are unable to fulfil their needs and depend for money on the big farmers, medium
farmers, money lenders and the traders who supply various inputs for cultivation.
- The rate of interest on such loans are very high and they are put to great distress to repay the
loan.
SALE OF SURPLUS
What do the farmers do with the wheat?
• They retain a part of the wheat for the family’s consumption and sell the surplus wheat.
• Small farmers like Savita and Gobind’s sons have little surplus wheat because their total
production is small and from this a substantial share is kept for their own family needs.
• So it is the medium and large farmers who supply wheat to the market.
