Utilization Pattern and Constraint in Use of Custom Hiring of Agricultural Machinery in Paddy Crops in Raipur District of Chhattisgarh

The study aims to the examine utilization pattern and constraint in use of custom hiring of agricultural machinery in paddy crops in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh. The survey for this purpose was conducted in two blocks of Raipur district of Chhattisgarh. Primary data were collected from 80 farmers from four villages of two blocks through personal interview method with the help of prestructured schedule for the year 2014–15. Study revealed that only 19.40 percent of farmers are having their owned tractor and 80.60 percent of farmers using Custom hiring tractor. About 84.61 percent of tractor owner were large farmers and 7.69 percent tractor owner's belonged to small and medium category. The lack of availability of machinery in time was major constraints, which was 70.37 percent of total custom hiring selected farmers. Lack of government custom hiring centers and higher rate of custom hiring were reported another major constraints i.e. 66.66 percent and 59.25 percent of respondents respectively. Field situation was not appropriate for machine use at time of harvesting and losses due to used of machine were reported another constraints by 29.62 percent and 20.37 percent of respondent respectively. To overcome constraints a government custom hiring center should required in blocks level, so the price of custom hiring of agricultural machinery is fixed and low as compared to offers by private owner of machinery. Training relating to farm machinery and equipment should be imparted to the farmers and artisans and the useful farm equipment should be identified and imported to cut down time and expenditure on research.