1Department of Basic Engineering, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
2Department of Horticulture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
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Online published on 12 August, 2020.
Potato is an important vegetable crop of India; this crop is an essential aspect of food security of India and South Asia. After review Uttar Pradesh has been identified as leading potato producing state in India followed by West Bengal. Raised bed and ridge planting is common method of sowing of potato in India. Minimum tillage systems give better yield for potato crop due to improved physical, hydro-physical and biological properties of soil. Semiautomatic and automatic potato planters machinery is very popular in India for sawing. However intercrop potato + sugar cane planter is very popular in Uttar Pradesh and northern India. The maximum yield per hectare for potato crop has been found in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Potato production in India has been continuously increasing from year 2013 to 2019. Similarly potato consumption was also continuously increasing from year 1994 to 2013. This resulted in improved farm machinery and processing equipment in potato farming. This paper highlights few details of the advancement in mechanization of potato farming.
Potato, Potato planter, Production, Minimum tillage systems
