Handicrafts and handlooms - class-VII

Erode’s bi-weekly cloth market in Tamil Nadu is one of the largest cloth markets in the world. A large variety of cloth is sold in this market. A cloth that is made by weavers in the villages around is also brought here for sale. Around the market are offices of cloth merchants who buy this cloth. Other traders from many south Indian towns also come and purchase cloth in this market.

Erode’s bi-weekly cloth market in Tamil Nadu is one of the largest cloth markets in the world. A large variety of cloth is sold in this market. A cloth that is made by weavers in the villages around is also brought here for sale. Around the market are offices of cloth merchants who buy this cloth. Other traders from many south Indian towns also come and purchase cloth in this market.

Producers directly sell to conumers,

False,

All the above statement about Indra the dry chilly seller are ture.

In towns, many vendors have a permanent place hired from Municipality and private shop owners.

Santhalu are Weekly market.

People get agricultural products from Street vendors, Santhas and small shops.

The Choutupal santha functions on every Sunday.

True,

Wild date palm leaves,

Each bundle of date palm spines costs 120 rupees to Polaiah.

25 bundle make a Polaiah's family.

Wholesale merchants, agents, and brokers are essential elements of the wholesale business. They help move goods between producers and retailers and the advent of modern technologies help them do this more efficiently. A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant.

Polaiah family takes 30 minutes to make a basket.

Small and medium farmers are forced to borrow from moneylenders,traders,millers etc because it is very difficult for them to obtain a loan from regular banks.

not only small farmers but also medium farmers have to borrow money in order to carry on agriculture. Large farmers have sufficient money to carry on agriculture.

.It is run by the government in which farmer can sell their produce and get paid immediately.
The price in Agriculture market yards depends on the minimum support price announced by the Government.

In the context of rural agricultural trade in Andhra Pradesh, various entities including landlords, brokers, and small rice mill owners are involved in the procurement of paddy from farmers.

The minimum support price is announced by the Government every year, and it is issued for various crops like rice and wheat.

Rythu bazar is a farmers' market in Andhra Pradesh state & Telangana State, India. It is run by the Government of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana for small scale farmers with small landholdings. The first market started in January 1999.

Unlike in plain villages, tribal people don't have the notion of private property in land.

 The life of tribal people  was directly connected to the forest. So changes in forest laws had a considerable effect on tribal lives. Under British rule, forests were cut down on a large scale for the creation of plantations, to supply timber to the railways and to the British navy and to export timber. The British extended their control over all forests and declared that forests were state property. So during last 200 years of the British Raj,
vast tracts of forests came under the management of the
colonial rulers, and forest dwelling people lost much
or all of their rights to these areas. 

Before the arrival of the British, in many areas the
tribal people were important people and they treated the forests as their own. The life of tribal groups was directly
connected to the forest. They enjoyed a
certain amount of economic power and had the right to
administer and control their territories. In some places
they had their own local rules
of land and forest management. 

Pochampallu sarees,

Yerukula tribes makes baskets in Andhra Pradesh,

Dyed,

Ikkat sarees,

It eliminates middlemen,

Fortune telling,

Although farmers are not required to pay anything, in practice they pay Rs 3.50 per every hundred rupees of trading towards unloading, cleaning and maintenance charges.
This is deducted by the trader while making payment to the farmer and is paid to the AMY office.

There are nearly 300 agriculture market yards in  Andhra Pradesh. Nearly one-fourth of farm products are traded in them.

In Rythu markets the producers directly sell their goods to consumers.
Only a person with a valid photo identity is allowed to enter the Rythu bazar to sell his/her produce.However 3.The price is fixed in such a way that it should be around 25% more than the wholesale price and 25% less than the retail price.

Santhas are a type of weekly markets in Andhra Pradesh. They are held for a day in a week at different localities of a town or at different small towns.

small and medium farmers have to borrow money in order to carry on agriculture, especially to purchase seeds, fertilizers, pesticides etc.

Paddy cultivated in Andhra Pradesh is mostly sold in the market and farmers keep only a small share for their own use.

Both statements accurately reflect the exploitative conditions faced by small-scale paddy farmers in certain regions of Andhra Pradesh, where debt traps lead to forced sales and unfair weighing practices.

Big farmers sell in Agriculture market yard.
Andhra Pradesh farmers sell nearly three-fourth of their harvests within villages and one-fourth of their harvest in agriculture market yard.

A considerable amount of paddy produced by small farmers is used for their own consumption.
Large farmers sell most of their produce in markets.

The paddy traders charge a commission of different kinds from the farmers.
Many of the farmers get delayed payments. Since these traders and landlords lend money in desperate times farmers have to sell their paddy to them.