Abstract :
The study was aimed to assess the perceived opinion of rice growers on benefits and also the constraints encountered by the rice growers on farm mechanization. A sample of 160 rice growers from eight villages in Thamirabarani command area was selected for the study. The respondents were interviewed personally through a well structured and pre tested interview schedule. The study revealed that the Overall Mean Opinion Score was 3.91 which indicated that farm mechanization was beneficial to the rice growers in many aspects. The major benefits of farm mechanization as perceived by the respondents were farm mechanization helped in operating agricultural works quickly MOS 4.97 , performing farm operations in time MOS 4.86 , overcoming labour shortage problem MOS 4.75 , minimizing work burden of labours MOS 4.61 and improving working condition of farmers MOS 4.03 . Regarding constraints, most of the respondents expressed lack of credit facilities 98.75 per cent , high fuel cost 98.75 per cent , high initial cost 97.50 per cent , low resale value for farm implements and machineries 97.50 per cent , high maintenance cost 95.00 per cent , lack of training 94.38 per cent and lack of skilled labourers for operating improved farm implements and machineries 93.13 per cent as the constraints in rice mechanization. P. Panneer Selvam | Dr. S. Somasundaram "Benefits and Constraints of Rice Mechanization in Thamirabarani Command Area of Tamil Nadu" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-5 , August 2018, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd15822.pdf Paper URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/15822/benefits-and-constraints-of-rice-mechanization-in-thamirabarani-command-area-of-tamil-nadu/p-panneer-selvam
Keyword :
Rice, farm mechanization, perceived opinion on benefits, constraints