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Indian farmers gamble with the monsoon. Illustrate this statement.

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It is rightly said that Indian farmers gamble with monsoon. It can be proved through following facts:
(i) Uneven distribution of rainfall-spatial and temporal.
(ii) Uncertainty of monsoon.
(iii) Lack of irrigation facilities.
(iv) Frequent flood and drought is a common phenomenon associated with the monsoon.
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