Q- Why were the farmers of Bihar and Bengal unwilling to grow opium?
Answer:- the farmers of Bihar and Bengal unwilling to grow opium due to some reasons as given below
· Opium have to be grow on lands where pulses are grown due to which they will be unable to grow pulse
· Many cultivators were landless which mean they do not own any land and have to take lands from landlords in rent for a given time period and best lands having good fertile soil and near the village were rent ant very high costs.
· The price that was given by the government to the farmers foe opium is very low and it will become unprofitable for farmers to grow opium
· The cultivation o opium takes difficult processes it takes many hours to work in the fields to grow opium