in order to produce agricultural products, modern techniques are being used in agriculture sector. to respond to the changes effectively, students should prepare themselves applying practical trainings. the aim of this descriptive study was to analyze students’ expectations and demands regarding agricultural operations course in the faculty of agriculture, zanjan university. 114 students were s...

Aim: To compare the cost and return analysis of conventional maize cultivation with mechanization.
 Place Study: A field experiment on crop by mechanization was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Karimnagar during Kharif, 2019-20.
 Methodology: The concepts were used to estimate under Mechanization methods. viz., A1, A2 B1 B2 C1, C2 C3 in present study.
 Results: total c...

AbstractIt is critically important to intensify farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa by disseminating improved agronomic practices and increasing the application of modern inputs (Chaps. 1 2 this volume). One region’s challenges that proper land preparation difficult due scarcity draft animals underdevelopment tractor rental market (Chap. 7). Our analysis rice production Cote d’Ivoire reveals ...

Historically, agriculture has been the mainstay of Indian economy providing bread and butter to the farming society. We often described Indian agriculture as a gamble in monsoons i.e. susceptible to weather variations and climate change. Even if we have moved quite a distance away from the situation of yesteryears, still the agricultural profession is tantamount to gambling with nature. Agricul...

We show empirically using panel data at the plot and farm level and based on a model incorporating supervision costs, risk, credit-market imperfections and scale-economies associated with mechanization that small-scale farming is inefficient in India. Larger farms are more profitable per acre, more mechanized, less constrained in input use after bad shocks, and employ less per-acre labor than s...