Investor Presentaiton
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Major Findings of Survey
Custom hiring service providers has major role in promotion of
agricultural mechanization among small holder farmers in Nepal.
Among the agricultural machinery used household the custom hired
agricultural machinery used HH for metallic animal drawn plough is
22%, power tiller and tractor is 88%, thresher 94%, sprayer is 57%,
water pump is 75% and other agricultural equipment is 72 %.
Privately owned agricultural machine custom hiring service is found to
be more successful than the group owned agricultural machinery
service provider.
Increased use of machinery has caused increased accidents.
Custom hiring service in tillage, water pumping, harvesting and
threshing has been successfully used in terai region of Nepal milling
and transportation all over Nepal.
Almost all the custom service providers are providing their service
informally, as none of them are registered.
There are several important issues raised by custom hiring service
provider and the farmers which is needed to be addressed by the
government for promotion of agricultural mechanization in Nepal.View entire presentation