Standing Committee presented Action taken Report on ‘Research and Development in Farm Mechanization for Small and Marginal Farmers in the Country’

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Posted 10 Feb 2024

Updated 16 Mar 2024

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Status of Farm mechanization
- Overall Agriculture Mechanization Level of country is 47% which is comparatively lower than that of developing countries like China (59.5%) and Brazil (75%).
- India would take about 25 years to achieve 75-80% mechanisation.

Significance of Farm mechanization
- Increase productivity and ensure judicious use of other inputs like seeds, fertilizers, and natural resources like water, soil nutrients etc.
- Increases efficiency of farm labor and reduces human drudgery and cost of cultivation.
- Helps in conversion of uncultivable land to agricultural land through advanced tilling techniques.

Challenges in Farm Mechanisation Small farm size, capital shortage, inadequate service centers, availability of cheap labor, and low cost of labour

Recommendations made by committee
- Mechanization level of 75 % should be achieved in a shorter period than 25 years.
- Streamlining testing procedure, training of engineers and testing of farm equipments.
- Establishment of National Institute of Agricultural Robotics and AI and a directorate of engineering.
- Need for improvement in functioning of custom hiring centers and farm machinery banks by issuing adequate allocation of fund, awareness campaign.