Farm mechanization has been given deserving importance for the last two decades in India. Unfortunately, pragmatic implication is lacking in regards to physical features of the fields. Care should be taken to see that mechanization is a selective one: farmers with small farms landholdings can utilize the appropriate improved farm machines to increase productivity and to reduce the cost of production. Tractorization has been successful in Indian farming, but remained confined to some specific regions and places. Extensive popularization of large machines and bigger implements face the hurdles of small farms in India. Power tiller can be made effective in small sized farms, and can be very efficiently utilized by modifying it to a mini-combine comprising of power tiller matching equipment.
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