Agricultural mechanization in Nepal- patterns, impacts, and enabling strategies for promotion

Abstract

This chapter assesses the overall trends of mechanization in Nepal, identifies the determinants of its adoption, and assesses their impacts on household incomes and agricultural productivity. It mainly focuses on key agricultural machineries-tractors, threshers, and pumps, which all have generally substantive transformational effects compared to more traditional tools. The chapter also identifies policy implications for the adoption of mechanization by smallholders.