•   “Mechanization of agriculture and farming process connotes application of machine power to work on land, usually performed by bullocks, horses and other draught animals or by human labor.”

•   Mechanization of agriculture has two forms mobile mechanization and the stationary types of mechanization.

•   The former attempts to replace animal power on which agriculture has been based for very many centuries; while the latter aims at reducing the drudgery of certain operations which have to be performed cither by human labor or by a combined effort of human beings and animals.

Benefits:

•   It Increases Production

•   It Increases Efficiency and Per Man Productivity

•   Increases the Yield of Land Per Unit of Area

•   Results in Lower Cost of Work

•   It Contracts the Demand for Work Animals for ploughing water lifting, harvesting, transport etc.:

•   It Brings in other Improvements in Agricultural Technique.

•   It Modifies Social Structure in Rural Areas.

•   Mechanization generally reduces employment.