minamino takeshi, a japanese geographer, visits dikhatpura.is researching how irrigation and water management have affected life-styles in india's farming villages. this yea water began coursing down therrigation canals inarly october the farmers quickly move io high gear as they prepare their land for nter crops. one of the farmers in the village is heeralal. he is preparing to grow mustard. translator: we useto grow crops only during the summer. now, with the irrigation canals, we can plant two crops a year. narrator: water means that farmers can plant winter crops, which has led to more cultivation of wheat and mustard. early-harvest mustard can be seen all around the village. the seeds are harvested and sold to a factory where the oil is extracted. in 1966, the government promoted an agricultural plan called the "green revolution." it emphasized the introduction of high-yielding grains. many farmers moved away from subsistence agriculture and into cash crops such as wheat or mustard. heeralal used the money earned from thescrops to purchas