Machine is an appliance or piece of equipment that uses power to do a particular job.
Farm mechanization is the use of machines for various farm operations to encourage efficiency and generate increased productivity.It is the application of engineering principles for operating farm machines with a view to increase farm operations and output.
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OBJECTIVES AND AIMS OF MECHANIZATION IN AGRICULTURE
♥To increase efficiency of production.
♥To reduce farm drudgery.
♥To encourage farmers to practice large scale farming.
♥To reduce farm hazard.
♥To enable farmers maximize their profit.
♥Reduction of farm drudgery.
♥To increase yield of farm produce.
♥Enchancement of quality farm produce.
♥To reduce poverty and facilitaet farmers to inceaser their incomes thus improving their standard of living
♥To save labour through human labour replacement with machines.Doing this labour is released to other service and industries.
♥To make farm work easy,interesting and attractive to youths.
♥To encourage investment in agriculture.
♥To facilitate the establishment of small scale industries and processing units in rural areas.
♥To supply agro-based industries with adequate and good quality raw materials.
♥To bridge the gap between the demand for and the supply of goods quality food.
♥To ensure that farm work is carried out very fast.
