Farming is raising of crops and animals on a piece of land. It requires lots of physical work as well as funds. There are many issues that revolve around farming. From physical fitness to insufficient funds and from deficiency in water to climatic issues. Following are these issues discussed in detail.
The work of farming is heavy and involves working alone for longer durations. This alleviates the efficiency and leads to illness. Using of machinery such as tractor and its accessories results in deaths and severe injuries. Farmers even face the problem of musculo-skeletal injuries from continuous lifting and carrying of load.
Farming requires use of machinery such as tractors, planter, drill, sprayer etc. which requires lots of input of funds. It has been seen that in developing countries most of the farmers are poor and often end up in taking loans from banks and private institutes at high rate of interest. This has resulted in mental pressure and many suicide cases have been witnessed.
Soil and water are essential components of farming. Deficiency in rainfall, water supply as well as declining of water table adds to the decreasing quality or fertility of the soil. Soils that are heavy in texture contain 40% of clay. Continuous cultivation in this soil has resulted in development of plough layer, which restricts the entry of irrigation water in deeper layers.
Increasing aberrations in climatic parameters like sudden change in temperature, cold, frost, heat waves, are adversely affecting crops. This can be overcome by construction of subsidized net-houses, which maintain the temperature and reduce the amount of water required.