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India is world leader in production of tractors: Sharad Pawar

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India is the world leader in the production of tractors with an annual output of over 4.5 lakh units, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said. 

Single-run machines such as rotavator, zero till drill, harvesters and combines have made a significant impact on agricultural operations, Pawar said addressing the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his ministry. 

Tractor market in India is worth about Rs 6,000 crore. Uttar Pradesh is the largest tractor market in the country, reports said adding one out of every four tractor is being purchased here. 

Indian tractors are popular in African countries as well in Nepal among others. 

Pawar underlined the need for intensifying farm mechanisation efforts in the country through consolidation of existing schemes and additional strengthening in terms of new programmes, human resource development and infrastructure. 

Pawar said, "Small and marginal farms constitute the core of Indian agriculture. However, mechanizing small and disjointed group of farms is against economies of scale especially in operations like land preparation and harvesting. 

With continued shrinkage in average farm size, more and more farms will fall into adverse category thereby making individual ownership of agricultural machinery progressively more uneconomical, he said. 

Custom hiring based business models need to be worked out with adequate institutional credit support for such enterprises, he added.

Economic Times

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