Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

The present study on ‘Extent of farm mechanization in selected agroclimatic zones of Assam’ was conducted in five agroclimatic zones of Assam. A sample of 600 farmers was selected randomly from five agroclimatic zones each comprising of 120 farmers. Data were collected by using structured interview schedule. The results of the study revealed that the overall mechanization of farm was 86 per cent in selected agroclimatic zones of Assam, while 14.00 per cent farms were operating with traditional practices of farm operations by using bullock and manual labour. The highest percentage of mechanization was observed in NBPZ (89.17 per cent) followed by CBVZ, UBVZ, BVZ and LBVZ accounting for 86.67 per cent, 85.83 per cent, 85.00 per cent and 83.33 per cent, respectively. Primary tillage/ ploughing, threshing and transportation were the major operations mechanised by 86.00 per cent,79.83 per cent and 53.39 per cent farmers respectively, while interculture operation, irrigation, harvesting and winnowing and bagging were mechanised by 10.83 per cent, 27.00 per cent, 7.12 per cent and 31.83 per cent farmers respectively. Among the different categories of farm mechanization, on an average, tractor hired farms (THF) occupied the highest percentage (50.97 per cent) followed by power tiller hired farms (PTHF), power tiller owned farms (PTOF) and tractor owned farms (TOF) with the percentage of 37.02, 7.95 and 4.07 respectively.