Report on Tractors and Power Tillers in India

Abstract

Farm mechanisation has revolutionised agriculture in many countries of the world. It has paid them rich dividends by opening up new vistas of development, commercialisation of agriculture and bringing the agricultural sector closer to other sectors of economy for overall development. Modern equipment and mechanisation has improved operational efficiency, standard of living and working condition of the farm workers, by making the task of agricultural operations easier, reducing the working hours and thereby affording them adequate relief to pay more attention to their domestic chores. It has also increased agricultural production by timely performance of field operations, making the best use of available soil moisture, preparation of proper seed-bed and eliminating, wholly or partially, the draft animals and thereby releasing the acreage under feeds and fodders for grain and commercial crops.