(i) The crop had to be grown on the best land, on fields that lay near
villages and were well manured. On this land, villagers usually
produced pulses. If they planted opium on this land, pulses could not
be grown there.
(ii) Many cultivators owned no land. To cultivate, they had to pay rent to the
landlord for the lease land. And the rent charged on good land near the
villages were very high.
(iii) The cultivation of opium was a difficult process. The plant u,as delicate
and the cultivators had to spend long hours nurturing it.
(iv) The price government paid to the cultivators for opium was very low. It
was unprofitable for cultivators to grow opium at that price.