Let us understand about agriculture in the developing and a developed country. Below is the differences between the life style of farmers in the USA and India.
| A farm in USA | A farm in India |
| 1. The size of the farm is large. | 1. here the size of the land is comparatively small. |
| 2. Owner’s house is in the farm. | 2. Owner lives in a main village and travels to the farm every day. |
| 3. The farmer makes sure that soil and water resources meet the needs of the crop. | 3. Due to inadequate supply of water and fertile soil, farmers have to purchase high yielding variety (HYV) seeds from market every year. |
| 4. The farmer takes the help of technology and sends the soil samples to a soil testing lab to check whether the nutrients are sufficient or not. | 4. The farmer in India takes advice from his friends and elders as well as government agricultural officers regarding farming. |
| 5. The farmer uses tractors, seed drills, harvester and all kinds of modern agricultural machinery. | 5. The farmer takes a tractor on rent, and many still rely on traditional bullocks for ploughing the land. |
| 6. The farmer owns a storage facility in the farm where he stores the crops before sending it to market. | 6. He sells his crops in the mandi / market located in the nearby town. Since majority of the farmers do not have storage facilities and crops rot most of the time. |
| 7. The farmer in USA works like a businessman. | 7. Many farmers in India are peasants and get exploited by traders. |
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