Farm Mechanization

·                              Mechanization enhances productivity besides reducing human drudgery and cost of cultivation. Mechanization also helps in improving utilization efficiency of other inputs, safety and comfort of the agricultural workers, improvements in the quality and value addition of the produce and also enabling the farmers to raise a second crop or multiple crops making the Indian agriculture attractive and a way of life by becoming commercial instead of subsistence.

·                             Though, India is one of the top countries in agriculture production in terms of Farm Mechanization, it is behind the world average. For instance, the tractor density in India is about 16 tractors for 1 hectare, while the world average is 19 tractors and that of developed countries is very high. 

·                      Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture has proposed the sub-mission on Agriculture Mechanization during 12^th plan, with a special emphasis on reaching the unreached that will bring small and marginal farmers at the core and will provide a suitable platform for converging all activities relating to agriculture mechanization by providing a single window approach for implementation.