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Lesson 4 our occuPationS Unit 7
Objectives:
On completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Enlist different occupation in a village.
• Differentiate among various occupations.
Nepal is a developing country. It has
many villages. Villagers do different
activities in the villages. Agriculture
is usually the main occupation of the
villagers. Besides agriculture, they are
also involved in different occupations.
The villagers make mats, carpets,
baskets, pots, sweaters, school bags,
clay pots etc. These products are sold in
the local market to earn money. Some Pottary
villagers are attracted to commercial bee-keeping, animal husbandry,
pig farming and poultry farming. They are attracted in these occupations
because of less money required to run the activities and also they make
good profit.
These days, the villagers are attracted
towards mushroom farming. They
grow mushroom at their home and
sell in the market to earn money.
Some of the villagers are involved in
growing fruits such as apple, orange,
banana, mango, etc. The fruits are sold
in the market. The villagers also grow
vegetables and sell in the market. Dairy farm
The villagers produce milk products from the milk of cow, buffalo, yak,
goat and sheep. They make cheese, curd, butter, ghee from the milk
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