| Sekar | Ramalingam , | |
| Land cultivated | Two acres. | Twenty acres. |
| Labour required | No labour required. | He hires labour. |
| Loans required | He requires loan for seeds, fertilizers, pesticides etc. He takes loan from the trader. | He takes loans from govt, bank for establishing a rice mill. |
| Selling of harvest | He sells a few bags of paddy to pay back the loan. | |
| Other work done by them | He has a hybrid cow, whose milk he sells in the local milk cooperatives. | He owns a rice mill and a shop selling seeds, pesticides etc. |