Question

Prepare a note on the features of agriculture in medieval Kerala.

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Describe the feature of agriculture in medieval Kerala
  • Types of land
  • Crops
• Mention the components that aided agriculture in medieval Kerala
  • Significance of monsoon winds
  • Types of manure

Solution:

• Agriculture was one of the main occupations that was practiced during the medieval period in Kerala.
• People used to practice agriculture in different types of landscapes such as vayals, parambus, purayidams, and malampradesangal.
• Vayals were primarily used for the cultivation of paddy while parambus were used for the cultivation of paddy, millets, horsegrams, and tubers.
• Agriculture during the medieval period was mainly dependent upon the south-west monsoon and north-east monsoon winds known as Edavapathy and Thulavarsham respectively.
• People also used organic manure such as cow dungs and leaves for agriculture.