An effect of farm mechanization on Indian agriculture with respect to rice yiled.

Abstract

The state of Indian agriculture has progressed a lot since the beginning of green revolution which led to the use of present day modern agricultural farm machineries and equipment’s. Along with this the supplier of the various inputs for several agricultural process has also seen a rising trend for the past decades. As a result, it has increased the production and productivity of agricultural crops to a great extent. This research paper has tried to find out the relationship and effect of the use of agricultural machinery which includes tractors and other farm equipment on rice productivity. For this purpose, it has used time series data and a simple regression model. The paper concludes by a policy recommendation and formulation of a technique or method to provide farm machinery by applying the principle of PDS system in India to tractor distribution system to those farmers who cannot afford it due to lack of money.