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Review of Literature

1. D.A. Mada, Sunday Mahai, [2013], In this research paper author has mentioned

importance of mechanization in agricultural by giving examples. The conclusion from the

paper was need of multifunctional single axel vehicle for pre and post harvesting . We

have taken this as base for our research and further production of our multifunctional

agricultural vehicle

2. V.K. Tewari, A. Ashok Kumar, Satya Prakash Kumar, Brajesh Nare[2012] In this

research papers author have done case study on farm mechanization in west Bengal as

being part ofIndia it give clear status about availability and progress in India. This

ensured us to take right steps compared to current steps.

3. F.A. Adamu, B. G. Jahun and B. Babangida [2014]In this paper authors draws our

attention towards the performance factor of a power tiller.Among those demand for light

weight power tiller was sought out most.Fuel efficiency and field capacity such

parameters are also discussed. We taken those points in consideration while designing a

sustainable multifunctional agricultural vehicle.

4. P. Šařec, O. Šařec [2015] The lowest values of soil penetration resistance below the

cultivated profile were determined with the cultivators equipped with chisel shaped

shares i.e. in the case of Farmet and Köckerling. Cultivators Väderstad TopDown 400

and Farmet Turbulent 450 showed good capacity in embedding plant residues. This

results have taken for our research basis

5. C.R Meheta (2013) has conducted one another study and he stated that there is a positive

correlation between farm productivity and farm power availability. He told that as farm

power (kw/ha) is increase farm productivity (t/ha) also increase simultaneously. With the

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sufficient farm power share of draught animal and manual worker has come down from

60.5% in 1971-1972 to 13.2% in 2010-2011.

6. One study has made by Sanjeev Goyle (December, 2013) there he showed that sustain

increase of agricultural mechanization ensure greater return and timely operation. He told

that farm productivity in India is far less than USA, Brazil, China, and other developed

countries. But population growth is very high in India. So to provide sufficient food

grains for the nation’s people farm mechanization is only remedy of this problem.

7. Institute for Techno-Economic Studies, Madras in 1975 made one study on farm

mechanization. This study want show the productivity difference between tractor-owned

mechanized farming and hiring farm mechanized farming. It has found that productivity

paddy, sugarcane, and groundnut on tractor- owned farming increased by 4.1 per cent to

28.3 per cent, 13.1 per cent to 34.2 per cent and 9.8 per cent to 54.8 per cent with the

average value of 15.8 per cent, 23.2 per cent and 31.8 per cent respectively. On the other

hand the average increase productivity on farm hiring tractors was reported to be 11.8 per

cent, 13.0 per cent and 16.0 per cent for paddy, sugarcane and groundnut respectively.

8. A study has propounded by Nandal and Rai in 1986 dividing Haryana in three

homogeneous zones on the basis of intensity of mechanization. Total 54 farms were

selected from each of the three zones making a total sample of 162 farming households.

The result has appeared that the tractor operated farms had higher yield on wheat and

paddy. They also found that in case of custom hiring of tractor farms the yield was

comparatively low.

9. Singh and Chandra have propounded a very important study regarding use farm

machineries on farm sector in 1991. They used linear regression function to examine the

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effect of important inputs on crop productivity for the state of Punjab. Inputs which are

considered in this study are farm power, fertilizer and irrigation. This standardized

regression coefficients were calculated for relative efficiency of different inputs. They

found that relative efficiency of farm power was higher followed by fertilizer and

irrigation.

10. One study has conducted by Billing and Singh in 1969-70 to know the impact of farm

mechanization on labour employment. They showed that aggregate impact of adopting

the improved technologies in Punjab results in reduction of human labour employment

was 11.5 per cent compared to traditional technique. Similarly they showed that farm

mechanization did spread out much in Maharashtra and labour employment also reduced

slightly by 0.2 per cent.

11. Department of Agricultural Engineering Faculty of Agriculture,University of khartoum

ABSTRACT To aid decision makers in seasonal planning of machinery in multi-farms a

computer model for selecting optimum machinery sizes, machinery scheduling,

evaluation of machinery operating plans and estimation of costs of field operations was

developed. The developed model employ linear programming and Pert techniques to

asses and improve degree of resources utilization . Input data was collected from Rahad

irrigation Scheme for the last five years . The model verification was made by comparing

actual performance of machinery scheduling program used in Rahad Scheme for two,

three and four course rotations in the last five years with outputs generated by the model.

Model Application resulted in decreasing demand for tractors and costs of used

operations in the Rahad.It resulted in increase in labour demand with increase in cropping

intensity and decrease in power usage. Introduction of optimization processes improved

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power saving and distribution markedly with introduction of summer and winter crops.

Sensitivity analysis of the model indicated clear effects of both area cultivated and costs

of agricultural operation to changes in input parameters.

12. The innovation systems approach to renewable natural resource management and

sustainable agriculture has been recognized as a new conceptual tool. However, there is a

lack of systematic review of literature in this emerging field of inquiry. This review of

over 100 relevant contributions concludes that there have been two major paradigm shifts

in agricultural science, technology, innovation and development - from the transfer of

technology approach to the various research and extension systems, and then to

innovation systems. Innovation systems in agriculture have two major theoretical

foundations - innovation systems in manufacturing, and various systems approaches in

agriculture. The review revealed that it is imperative to establish a new generation of

innovation systems research in renewable natural resources that integrates three

apparently distinct fields of studies - environmental management, international

development and innovation studies.

13. AbhijitSupremaNitaigourMahalik bKiseonKimc

Application of technology systems is seen in many sectors including agriculture and

food. Traditionally, agricultural industry has been solely dependent on human labor with

limited application of mechanical equipment and machines. The applications of advanced

technology such as embedded computing, robotics, wireless technology, GPS/GIS

(Geographical Positioning System/Geographical Information System) and DBMS

(Database Management System) software are seen to be recent developments. This paper

reviews the applications of technology systems in agriculture and food. Because

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knowledge on standardization and interfacing plays a key role in using the technology

systems in any application domain, this paper aims to highlight the important attributes of

such an emerging research area. In particular, the paper describes soil sampling methods

and technology applications; field and yield mapping with GPS and GIS; harvesters and

future research in robotic-based harvesters; food processing and packaging technology

such as traceability and status of RFID networking research; application of sensor

network; data management and execution systems; and the automation and control

standards such as fieldbus systems and OMAC guidelines.

14. Timothy J. LowePaul V. Preckel

The supply chain in the food and agribusiness sector is characterized by long supply lead

times combined with significant supply and demand uncertainties, and relatively thin

margins. These challenges generate a need for management efficiency and the use of

modern decision technology tools. We review some of the literature on applications of

decision technology tools for a selected set of agribusiness problems and conclude by

outlining what we see as some of the significant new problems facing the industry. It is

our hope that we will stimulate interest in these problems and encourage researchers to

work on solving them

15. Aggarwal in 1983 made another study to identify the impact of mechanization on farm

employment. He concluded that tractors replaced mainly family labour time on small

farms and permanent labour time on large farms. Similarly he showed that use of thresher

displaced mainly family and casual labours time on small farms and family and

permanent labour time on large farms.

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