FARM MACHINERY ACHEVEMENT & STRATEGY OF JHARKHAND STATE

1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND SUGARCANE DEVELOPMENT (Directorate of Soil Conservation) FARM MACHINERY ACHEVEMENT & STRATEGY OF JHARKHAND STATE Presentation On 14.09.2012 ZONAL CONFERENCE NEW DELHI

2. Jharkhand Agriculture Machinery Testing & Training Centre

4. JHARKHAND STATE FARM MACHINERY STRATEGY 1. Agriculture is the main stay for 80% of rural population of the state. 2. Agriculture is their employment and primary income generating activity. 3. The cultivable land resource of the state has good potential for higher production. 4 . For all round agriculture development, technology must be supplemented by institutional mechanism to ensure the 5. Provision of all the essential facilities and services that the farmers need to improve agronomic practices and obtain higher yields. 6. Labours cost for harvesting of crops is increasing continuously. It can be reduced only by use of improved harvesting machine like reaper and labours cost per unit area can be reduced by 80% approximately. 7. Use of improved plant protection equipments and intercultural tools may reduce cost of cultivation significantly (upto 20%) and Increase in productivity by 15-20%. 8.Most of the farmers are unaware of the latest agricultural equipment and there is 9. need of training and demonstration of improved equipments for socia-economic development of rural farmers in Jharkhand. 9.Seeing the importance of farm mechanization in the state the proposal has been prepared for “Promotion and strengthening of agricultural mechanization through training, testing & demonstration” . The entire above scheme will be implemented through the seed village association/ selected farmers’ group/watershed committee/Identified training centers mainly in non NFSM district.

5. TARGE RKVYT

6. TARGET MMA

7. Promotion and strengthening of agricultural mechanization through training, testing & demonstration

8. TRAINING TARGET 2012-13

11. PHOTO GALLERY

12. Reaper demo

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