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Title: | Mechanization in Dryland Agriculture... |
Other Titles: | Mechanization in Dryland Agriculture... |
Authors: | ICAR_CRIDA |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2011-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Mechanization, Dryland, Agriculture |
Publisher: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | YNDIA has 2.4o / o of rhe world's Ig.ogrrphical are,r and 4o / o of water resources but has to support L7 and l5o / o ol the s - orld's human and 15% of the lir - estock population. Agriculture contributes 14% to the nation's GDP. Productivity in agriculture depends greatly on availabilin' .and judicious use of farm power sources ald use of improved agricultural implements and machines. Aqricultural machines increase productir - in' of labour by meedng rimelinc \ \ \ \ ot' lr] - rm operations and enables efficient utilization of inputs such as seeds end fertilizers. During 1960 - 61. major contribution in farm po \ \ \ \ - er u'as from animate power (92.309o,. tt'her,''rs in 2009 - 10 )major share 86.8596 u'as tiom mechanical and electrical pou - er. during u hich mcrn t'rrm po \ \ \ \ 'cr availabil - in'has increased at a CAGR of 4.58o / o tiom 0.20 k \ \ \ \ - ha to 1.73 kW / ha. Fos'eler. the contribution from draft animal and agriculture labour source had gone dou'n drasticallv in this period. Thus. there is a need for mechanization of ferm. particulariv small ard marsiral t - arms in drvland areas for enhancing efficiency of resources. But many farmers still feel the implements are cosdy to procure on dreir own.Therefore, the government policies support for easy procurement process of agriculture machinery under subsidy scheme, better spare parts and serwice availabiliry in nrral areas and farmers centered approach in establishing and running custom hiring centers are some of the issues that need to be addressed to promote small farm mechanization at faster phase. Effective utilization of avaiiable farm power to enhance farm mech.mization acdvities in a country requires minimum scale or size of farms. At present in India, small and rnarginal farmers comprise about 84o / o of cultivators and their inadequate financial strength excludes them from the fold of farm mechanization. As a ct - rnsequence, in the last decade (200f - 2010) farm po \ \ \ \ 'er groudr rate recorded 2.0o / o of CAGR, u.hich is less than half of the lonq term mean grourdr rate. To deal u'id - r a huge chunk of such small land holders and to increase farm mechanization in the countr \ \ ,, a cautious approach is essential in selection of appropriate implernents and machinerv technologies needed and transter of technologies at lorv cost. In this paper some such technologies usetul to small farms and its transfer issues are briefly described. |
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Type(s) of content: | Book |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
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URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/69092 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CRIDA-Publication |
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