Farm machinery use and agricultural industries in India: Status, evolution, implications and lessons learned

Farm machinery use and agricultural industries in India: Status, evolution, implications and lessons learned
Author: Bhattarai, Madhusudan
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

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This study reviews the evolution of agricultural mechanization, particularly tractors, in India. In doing so, it provides some rough indicators of the extent of mechanization (particularly the spread of tractor use) at different historical phases, emphasizing that India’s experiences up to 1990 are as important as the lessons since then. The paper highlights the growth of diverse patterns of custom-hiring service provision, as well as heterogeneity in the speed of mechanization growth across regions and agroecological zones. It also summarizes the evolution of key related policies in India that are likely to have affected tractor imports, supply, financing, manufacturing, and related inputs such as fuel and electricity.

The Literature of Agricultural Engineering

The Literature of Agricultural Engineering
Author: Carl W. Hall
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1992
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780801428128

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The second of a seven-volume series, The Literature of the Agricultural Sciences, this book analyzes the trends in published literature of agricultural engineering during the past century with emphasis on the last forty years. It uses citation analysis and other bibliometric techniques to identify the most important journals, report series, and monographs for the developed countries as well as those in the Third World.