ABSTRACT
The village that we call ‘Randam' lies on a plain some https://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> 3 1 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429051746/a61b5d58-62e6-4a0f-a94c-1296186d46cf/content/inline-math2.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> miles south-east of the market town of Ami (pop. 39,000), to which it is linked by frequent bus services on the main road only half a mile away (for general village statistics see chapter 15). Proximity to the town helps to account for some important characteristics: early electrification and installation of pump-sets (in 1951); intensive use of organic manure of urban origin, which - farmers believe - is a significant factor in raising their yields above those in remoter villages; the involvement of villagers in town affairs and commerce, which appears to have made capital available for investment in agriculture and enables the villagers to be generally well-informed about price movements.
