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    STATUS AND SCOPE OF FARM MECHANIZATION IN SUNDERNAGAR BLOCK OF DISTRICT MANDI (HP)
    (CSKHPKV Palampur, 2020-11-13) DIKSHA; Kumar, Virender
    This study was conducted in Sundernagar block of Mandi district purposively as it combines the features of traditional as well as commercial agriculture and as such was appropriate for the study. For the selection of farmers, two stage random sampling technique was used for the selection of villages and farmers. In the first stage of sampling 10 villages were selected randomly from the entire block. In second stage a sample of 8 households was drawn randomly from each selected village using proportional allocation method. A sample of 80 farmers was drawn randomly from the selected villages to accomplish the objectives of the study. Farm mechanization helps in ensuring timely field operations, increasing productivity, reduction in crop losses, improving the quality of produce, increase use of land and other inputs more efficiently and reduces drudgery. Results of study revealed that for ploughing and sowing purpose, tractor with cultivator, power tiller and planker were used for cultivation of major crops. Manual and power sprayers, and small implements like spade, sickle, hoe, axe, rake, etc. were used for intercultural operations Major crops like paddy, wheat and maize accounted for 27.41 per cent, 23.87 per cent, and 7.75 per cent of the total cropped area, respectively and vegetables like tomato, cauliflower, and pea accounted 10.60 per cent, 5.85 per cent, and 4.51 per cent of the total cropped area, respectively. The net returns over Cost A1 were Rs. 30072/ha, Rs. 54489/ha and Rs. 50075/ha in paddy, wheat and maize whereas, in vegetables net returns over cost A1 were found to be Rs.437084/ha in tomato as well as Rs. 164294/ha in cauliflower and in pea net returns were found to be Rs. 156779/ha. It was observed that age, education, family size and income, positively and significantly affected the farm mechanization The major problems in farm mechanization were high initial cost of machinery, high maintenance cost, labour hiring charges and small size of holdings. Therefore, in order to overcome these problems, the institutional mechanism for custom hiring of farm machinery should be developed and strengthened so as to further promote farm mechanization in the area.