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Owned machine farms had 17.83 higher crop income than hired farms.
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e0“Yield, input cost, crop income and off-farm income of own farms showed an increase of 19.37 per cent, 15.66 per cent, 17.83 and 321.37 per cent over hired farms respectively.”
Title
An economic analysis of farm mechanization in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu, India
J.S. Amarnath International Journal of Chemical Studies 2019
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- Observation Owned machine farms had 19.37 per cent higher yield than hired machine farms.
- Observation Owned machine farms had 15.66 per cent higher input cost than hired farms.
- Observation Owned machine farms had 321.37 per cent higher off-farm income than hired farms.
- Observation The thresher had the highest break-even point at 2496.57 hrs/ annum.
- Observation Partial budgeting found a net gain for all machinery.
- Association Human labour cost and input cost were determinants of mechanization on owned farms.
- Association Human labour cost, input cost and productivity were determinants of mechanization on hired farms.
- Observation The existing Paddy, Sugarcane and Groundnut plan yielded Rs. 138320/ha net income.
- Observation The optimal plan had 45.99 per cent higher income than the existing plan.
- Recommendation Authors recommend adoption of mechanization because machinery increased income and net gain.