A Business Model of Custom Hiring of Agricultural Machinery for Enhanced Farm Mechanization in Madhya Pradesh


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Authors

  • Uday R Badegaonkar ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh 462 038
  • M B Tamhankar ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh 462 038
  • K P Saha ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh 462 038
  • P C Bargale ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh 462 038

Abstract

Farm mechanization has become inevitable for augmenting agricultural production and achieving the steady growth in agriculture in synchronization with population growth. Increasing shortage of agricultural labours also necessitates availability of agricultural machinery at right time and at an affordable cost to farmers. Further, utilization of appropriate farm machinery reduces the unit cost of production through enhanced input use efficiency and their judicious use. The farm mechanization necessitates substantial investment on farm power sources and implements which is neither essential nor feasible for small and marginal farmers, who constitute over 80% of the total farm holdings in India. In this situation, custom hiring of agricultural machinery appears to be logical and most appropriate best institutional intervention pushed forward in recent years.

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Submitted

2020-03-11

Published

2020-03-11

Issue

Vol. 70 No. 1 (2020)

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How to Cite

Badegaonkar, U. R., Tamhankar, M. B., Saha, K. P., & Bargale, P. C. (2020). A Business Model of Custom Hiring of Agricultural Machinery for Enhanced Farm Mechanization in Madhya Pradesh. Indian Farming, 70(1). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/98922