Precision farming and scope of farm mechanization in India with special reference to Punjab.

Joginder-Singh Centre for Agricultural Research and Rural Devel, . (2007) Precision farming and scope of farm mechanization in India with special reference to Punjab. [Proceedings Paper]

There has been an increase in the use of farm machinery in Indian agriculture a sit contributed to the increase in output due to timelines of operations and increasing precision in input application. Most of the mechanical inputs have displaced human and bullock labor which is socially unjustified. Some areas like Punjab state have excelled in farm mechanization but have experienced it as over-investment. There cannot be going back from mechanization but we need to frame suitable policies such as liberalizing land lease market encouraging cooperative management and custom hiring of machinery balancing inter-regional availability imparting training to the farmers regarding such investment encouraging standard service inputs devising machinery problem from small farmers and dry land cultivation.

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There has been an increase in the use of farm machinery in Indian agriculture a sit contributed to the increase in output due to timelines of operations and increasing precision in input application. Most of the mechanical inputs have displaced human and bullock labor which is socially unjustified. Some areas like Punjab state have excelled in farm mechanization but have experienced it as over-investment. There cannot be going back from mechanization but we need to frame suitable policies such as liberalizing land lease market encouraging cooperative management and custom hiring of machinery balancing inter-regional availability imparting training to the farmers regarding such investment encouraging standard service inputs devising machinery problem from small farmers and dry land cultivation.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	4 tables. 8 ref.
AGROVOC Term:	MECHANIZATION
AGROVOC Term:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGROVOC Term:	ECONOMICS
AGROVOC Term:	INDIA
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:13
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11115

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