It should be B, I read up on it and see nothing about land ownership.
It is important because the French regained the high ground
Different ways are:
(i) Multiple cropping can be done. ...
(ii) In Palampur farmers grow jowar and bajra during rainy (Kharif) season.
(iii)They grow potato between October and December.
(iv) During winter, they grow wheat.
(v) It is possible due to the self-developed system of irrigation.