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Question
What are the similarities and differences in the lives of different kinds of farmers?
Solution
| Similarities | Differences |
| Most of the farmers are fully dependent on farming for their livelihood | Some farmers have their own land |
| All the family members Eire engaged in farming | Less number of family members is engaged in farming |
| They are dependent on rains for irrigation | Some farmers are literate |
| Most of them are illiterate | Some farmers use modern farm equipment. |
| They use primitive methods of farming |
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