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Farm mechanization status of West Bengal in India

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Title Farm mechanization status of West Bengal in India
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Creator V.K. Tewari, A. Ashok Kumar, Satya Prakash Kumar, Brajesh Nare
 
Subject Mechanization, paddy-potato cropping pattern, custom hiring, front line demonstration
 
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Introducing the second Indian Green Revolution to full fill our future food requirements to benefit the
small, medium and large size farms needs farm mechanization. The average cropping intensity is 182%
in 18 agricultural districts of West Bengal, which is 33.8% higher than the country average. Farm
mechanization enhances the production and productivity of different crops due to timeliness of
operations, better quality of operations and precision in the application of the inputs. A number of
suitable improved tools, implements and machinery were identified, developed and tested by IIT
Kharagpur to bridge the existing mechanization gap for major cropping patterns of West Bengal. The
popular and effective machinery for paddy and potato cultivation in the State has been in use among
the farmers. Front line demonstration and custom hiring services of IIT Kharagpur showed that farmers
were more interested in self propelled paddy transplanter, cono weeder, vertical conveyer reaper and
flow through paddy thresher in paddy crop and semiautomatic and automatic potato planter and potato
digger in potato.
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Date 2021-10-11T09:39:33Z
2021-10-11T09:39:33Z
2012-12-29
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
2315-6880
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/65486
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Basic Research Journal