Extent of farmer's knowledge about agricultural implements in Etawah

Farm mechanization implies the use of various power sources, improved farm tools and equipment, with a view to reduce the drudgery of the human beings and draught animals, here by increasing crop production and productivity. About 65 per cent of the Indian population depends on agriculture for their livelihood. In recent years, non availability of farm labours and fragmentation of land holdings (smaller land holdings) are forcing many farmers to mechanize their farms and over the last few years, there has been considerable progress in agriculture mechanization. Past studies on efficiency of farm mechanization revealed that if the mechanization used properly a farmer can save seeds 15–20 per cent, fertilizer 20–30% per cent, time 20–30 per cent, laboures 5–20 per cent, and increase in cropping intensity 10–15 per cent, higher productivity 15–20 per cent Surendra singh (2008). The knowledge level of the farmers regarding agricultural implements, majority of the respondents (88.02%) were having the knowledge regarding use of transportation and power system and ranked as 1^st followed by improved threshing, shelling, crushing and milling machinery (66.00%, rank 2nd) and plant protection equipment (61.00%, rank 3rd) were good while knowledge level of the farmers regarding soil tillage and ridge making and bunding implement was poor.