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Title Mechanization in Dryland Agriculture...
Mechanization in Dryland Agriculture...
 
Creator ICAR_CRIDA
 
Subject Mechanization, Dryland, Agriculture
 
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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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Date 2022-01-27T04:59:16Z
2022-01-27T04:59:16Z
2011-01-01
 
Type Book
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/69092
 
Language English
 
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Publisher ICAR_CRIDA